Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 3,465 residents, it is a town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Taken together, its subjects give Le Porge a C+ overall, better than 40% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #62 of 100 in Gironde. Crime is low (B+): an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Le Porge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Porge 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 Porge as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Substructions gallo-romaines, in Andernos-les-Bains, 8.6 mi away.
2.9% 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 Porge.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.04/m² a month, near Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 76 houses and apartments changed hands in Le Porge from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 99% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,902/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 54 offenses recorded in Le Porge. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was theft from vehicles (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 other physical violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (11.1% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.7% of commuters at the census. Jobs based in Le Porge number 550, against 1,600 residents in work (0.3 per worker). At the census, 4.8% of working residents in Le Porge didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 19% of the population here. Half of Le Porge is older than 44.5, half younger. Among adults, 34% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Le Porge | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Le Porge is Hopital Prive Wallerstein, 8 mi away. 217 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 250: 13% below. Also worth knowing: in Gironde, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Le Porge can choose among 3 GPs.
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 A−.
Nothing in Le Porge 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 Porge 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 Porge | 3,465 | — | C+ | D | B+ | B− |
| Arès | 6,482 | 7.1 | B | D | B | C+ |
| Andernos-les-Bains | 12,710 | 8.3 | B+ | D | B− | A− |
| Lacanau | 5,739 | 8.7 | C− | D− | D− | B+ |
| Lège-Cap-Ferret | 7,909 | 9.3 | C− | D | D− | B |
| Lanton | 7,337 | 11 | A− | D | A | B+ |
| Sainte-Hélène | 3,091 | 12 | — | C− | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #29 of 100 in Gironde.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Porge grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Porge is a commune of 3,465 people in the Communauté de communes Médullienne. 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 8, 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.