Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,811 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Laruscade has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Laruscade does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Laruscade 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.
Laruscade has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Laruscade as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Peujard, 7.2 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Laruscade.
15% of residents are 65 or over, below Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents. Line up the people of Laruscade by age and the one in the middle is 39.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Laruscade | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 10.1%, about level with both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,906/m², below Gironde’s towns (€3,176/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. House rents are put at about €9.20/m² a month. 69 houses and apartments changed hands in Laruscade from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,911/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Laruscade records 89 deaths per 100 expected, higher than Gironde’s towns (84) and near compared French towns (88). 157 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 177: 11% below. The nearest emergency department to Laruscade is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 14.6 mi away. At birth, a girl in Gironde can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Among the graded crimes in Laruscade, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The police record for Laruscade lists 26 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.7 (2023–2025 average).
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 30.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Laruscade is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Laruscade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laruscade | 2,811 | — | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac | 2,586 | 3.4 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Cézac | 2,727 | 4.5 | — | C | — | D |
| Saint-Savin | 3,582 | 5.2 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 6.9 | B− | C+ | A | B |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac | 2,729 | 9.2 | — | C | — | C |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 9.3 | C− | C | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Laruscade has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Laruscade grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Laruscade is a commune of 2,811 people in the Communauté de communes Latitude Nord Gironde. 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 October 30, 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.