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This town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 1,620.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,745/m² takes 5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais. Where it falls short is schools — brevet results 13 points below the expected rate. The local economy is weaker than most (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Les Peintures 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 Les Peintures does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Peintures 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.
Les Peintures has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Peintures as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Puits dit de Henri IV, in Coutras, 2.6 mi away.
13% 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 Les Peintures.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 12.7 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri de NavarreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 170 | 66%−13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 10.7%.
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Les Peintures records 81 deaths per 100 expected, near Gironde’s towns (84) and lower than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 163 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 131, 19% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Les Peintures is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 12.3 mi away. Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.84/m² a month, below both Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 45 homes in Les Peintures. House rents are put at about €9.00/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,745/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, below both Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Ages in Les Peintures split evenly at 47.3: half are older, half younger. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Les Peintures | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.1 cases of violence against people and 5.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In all, 12 offenses reached the police record in Les Peintures in 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, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (77.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Les Peintures is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Les Peintures as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Peintures | 1,620 | — | — | B | — | B+ |
| Coutras | 8,678 | 2.3 | D− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle | 3,167 | 5.8 | B | B | B | B− |
| La Roche-Chalais Dordogne | 3,060 | 7.4 | B− | B+ | A− | D |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile | 5,955 | 7.5 | B | C+ | A− | B− |
| Galgon | 3,144 | 10 | — | B− | — | B |
| Libourne | 25,036 | 13 | C− | C− | D− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Les Peintures has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Les Peintures grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Les Peintures is a commune of 1,620 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.