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5,806 residents make their home in this town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 12.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, better than 66% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #27 of 100 in Gironde.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Le Barp does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Barp 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Barp as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Vieux Lugo, in Lugos, 7.5 mi away.
4.3% 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 Le Barp.
The police record for Le Barp lists 76 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, burglary came up most often (2025).
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (8.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Le Barp from July 2023 to June 2026: 174 houses and apartments. Houses accounted for 84% of sales, apartments for the rest. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €12.68/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,406/m² | 146 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Two in five adults hold a degree, above Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 16% of residents are 65 or older. Ages in Le Barp split evenly at 41.9: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Le Barp | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,560 a year per consumption unit. Le Barp has 2,950 jobs for 2,900 working residents, 1 per worker. At the census, 6.8% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Le Barp has 5 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Le Barp is Hopital Haut Leveque Chu, 13.3 mi away. Also worth knowing: 288 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 319: 10% below. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Nothing in Le Barp 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 Le Barp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Barp | 5,806 | — | B+ | C− | A− | C+ |
| Salles | 8,208 | 6.1 | B− | C− | A | B+ |
| Marcheprime | 5,696 | 7.3 | B | C− | B+ | B+ |
| Mios | 12,043 | 7.4 | B+ | C− | A | B |
| Belin-Béliet | 6,275 | 7.7 | C+ | C | A | C+ |
| Saucats | 3,548 | 8.8 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Biganos | 11,431 | 10 | B | C− | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #18 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Barp grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Barp is a commune of 5,806 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de l'Eyre. 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.