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The town, home to 5,872 people, lies in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. People aged 65 and over make up 29% of residents.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Safety lags (D): an average of 17.9 recorded violent incidents and 20.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lesparre-Médoc’s overall grade of D puts it better than 12% of compared French towns, #91 of 100 in Gironde. Incomes are on the low side (C−): 1.8 jobs per working resident; 17.3% unemployment. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,966/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Médoc Cœur de Presqu'île.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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.
Each subject compares Lesparre-Médoc 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.
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The 3 things Lesparre-Médoc does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lesparre-Médoc: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Wikidata records 3 people born in Lesparre-Médoc before 1900, the earliest Guillaume Augustin Moutardier, in 1756.
Lesparre-Médoc has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien château féodal: Photo: Chatsam · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lesparre-Médoc.
The 2025 count: 190 offenses in Lesparre-Médoc. Jobs outnumber working residents in Lesparre-Médoc (3,550 to 1,950): it draws people in from around. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Lesparre-Médoc (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (143 places) count their residents as Lesparre-Médoc’s; allowing for them, deaths were 1% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 876 residents of Lesparre-Médoc died, against 724 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% more. In Gironde, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 10 general practitioners in the town.
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.
People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.1% of residents. Half the people of Lesparre-Médoc are older than 50.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Lesparre-Médoc | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 17.3%, above Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 3.1% of working residents in Lesparre-Médoc went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lesparre-Médoc is Ancien château féodal. Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total, above both Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11.4 mi away. The town’s schools place #36 of 93 in Gironde on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les LesquesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 98 | 83%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,966/m²: 238 houses and apartments sold in Lesparre-Médoc between July 2023 and June 2026. The split locally: €1,955/m² for houses, €1,967/m² for apartments. House rents are put at about €9.40/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,955/m² | 201 |
| Apartments | €1,967/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Lesparre-Médoc. Best known first.
7 notable people were born in Lesparre-Médoc.
Jeanine Toulouse: Tous les sports, Public domain · Grégoire de Fournas: The5thorseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Grégoire Pénavaire: Photographe Étienne Carjat (1828-1906), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre Clauzet: Paul Bacard, Public domain
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lesparre-Médoc is a commune of 5,872 people in the Communauté de communes Médoc Cœur de Presqu'île. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesparre-Médoc | 5,872 | — | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Vendays-Montalivet | 2,838 | 9.1 | D− | C | D− | C |
| Hourtin | 4,045 | 10 | B− | D | A− | C |
| Pauillac | 5,190 | 11 | C− | B | D | C− |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc | 4,914 | 12 | B | C | A+ | B |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde | 3,175 | 15 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Listrac-Médoc | 2,807 | 17 | B− | C+ | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #87 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 66 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns and #36 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,966/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lesparre-Médoc grades C+ for cost of living.
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.