Fewer journeys need a car: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is health (C−). Buying 70 m² at the median €2,455/m² takes 6.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Médoc Atlantique.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Verdon-sur-Mer 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 Le Verdon-sur-Mer 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 Le Verdon-sur-Mer.
Who lives here
Le Verdon-sur-Mer has fewer young adults than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 5.5% are 15 to 24
Children under 15 make up 8.9%, lower than both Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 45% of the population. Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.
62.5median age
Le Verdon-sur-MerGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
45%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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
HealthHealth C−
Le Verdon-sur-Mer has a higher adjusted death rate than 79% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Le Verdon-sur-Mer: 100 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 230 residents of Le Verdon-sur-Mer died, about as many as the 230 expected from France’s death rates at each age. Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: this Gironde town has one family doctor.
−0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Le Verdon-sur-Mer · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gcs Urgences Pays Royannais Stgeorges
18 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Mutualiste du Medoc
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Le Verdon-sur-Mer are out of work than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: 16.0%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,870 a year. 14.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 9.8% of working residents in Le Verdon-sur-Mer didn’t travel to work at all.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
Bicycle6%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
450
jobs based in Le Verdon-sur-Mer, 1.1 per working resident
16.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Verdon-sur-Mer than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.52/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,455/m²: 157 houses and apartments sold in Le Verdon-sur-Mer between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses sell for €2,836/m² in the town, apartments for €2,384/m². The sales split: 50% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,455/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Verdon-sur-Mer€2,455/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,836/m²
79
Apartments
€2,384/m²
78
€11.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.21 to €14.43/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,690
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Médoc Atlantique
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Le Verdon-sur-Mer: 2 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Verdon-sur-Mer is Phare de Cordouan. The protected list starts in the 17th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.4% of the total.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Verdon-sur-Mer
Is Le Verdon-sur-Mer safe?
Le Verdon-sur-Mer has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 21.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Le Verdon-sur-Mer expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,455/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Verdon-sur-Mer grades C+ for cost of living.
About Le Verdon-sur-Mer
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Verdon-sur-Mer is a commune of 1,408 people in the Communauté de communes Médoc Atlantique. 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.
