Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 1,575 residents.
Pupils here do better than most (B): brevet results a point above the expected rate. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,668/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.0% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too (D): 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Lagorce 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.
The one thing Lagorce does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lagorce 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.
Lagorce has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Lagorce, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lagorce.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Gironde can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 156 deaths in Lagorce between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 130: 20% above. The nearest emergency department to Lagorce is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 11.5 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
The census found 5.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The median disposable income was €24,040 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean AviotteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 94 | 87%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Lagorce, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
51 sales of houses and apartments in Lagorce, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,668/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,668/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. Line up the people of Lagorce by age and the one in the middle is 46.7. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Lagorce | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in Lagorce in the categories the grade counts.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
The list names few of Lagorce’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lagorce yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagorce | 1,575 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Coutras | 8,678 | 3.4 | D− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile | 5,955 | 6.5 | B | C+ | A− | B− |
| Galgon | 3,144 | 8.2 | — | B− | — | B |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle | 3,167 | 9 | B | B | B | B− |
| Laruscade | 2,811 | 9.3 | — | B | — | B− |
| La Roche-Chalais Dordogne | 3,060 | 9.7 | B− | B+ | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lagorce has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,668/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lagorce grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lagorce is a commune of 1,575 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.