La Sauve’s strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive (C+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: just over three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. La Sauve has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares La Sauve with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Sauve.
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than La Sauve’s ages would predict, 70 per 100 expected, under Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to La Sauve is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 11.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 113 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 79, 30% fewer. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There is one general practitioner in the town.
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw70
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in La Sauve · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
11.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A town of families: 21% of people in La Sauve are under 15, more than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
17% of residents are 65 or over, below Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.7%. Among adults, 28% have a degree.
40.4median age
La SauveGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in La Sauve than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 6.1%
450 jobs are based in La Sauve, for 700 working residents (0.6 per worker). The median disposable income was €25,730 a year per consumption unit, below Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 8.8%.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
450
jobs based in La Sauve, 0.6 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 33% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Homes in La Sauve sell for €2,336/m² at the median, against €3,176/m² in Gironde’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €10.47/m² a month. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. 38 houses and apartments changed hands in La Sauve from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,336/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Sauve€2,336/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,294/m²
37
€12.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.68 to €15.80/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.47/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Créonnais
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Sauve
Is La Sauve safe?
La Sauve has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in La Sauve good?
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Sauve expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.99/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Sauve grades C+ for cost of living.
About La Sauve
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
La Sauve is a commune of 1,589 people in the Communauté de communes du Créonnais. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
