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A town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 5,578 people.
Strong in places, weak in others. Its best grade is for health (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Safety is a strength too — an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At €3,022/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Médoc Estuaire. Schools lag: brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. All told, that adds up to a B overall, better than 57% of compared French towns. It ranks #38 of 100 in Gironde.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Ludon-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 2 things Ludon-Médoc does most differently from other towns.
Ludon-Médoc has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1994.
Ludon-Médoc has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Château de Bacalan: Photo: PA · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château La Lagune: Photo: PA · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ludon-Médoc.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Ludon-Médoc, 81.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.4 mi off. Ranked by results, schools here are #88 of 93 in Gironde.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Porte du MédocNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 81%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Ludon-Médoc is Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine, 8.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 312 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 225, 28% fewer. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 5 general practitioners here.
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.
Ludon-Médoc’s tally for 2025: 72 recorded offenses. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes here.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 4.8% 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.
The median price, €3,022/m², comes from 141 sales of houses and apartments in Ludon-Médoc from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 87% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 141 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,097/m² | 123 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents. Degrees are held by 36% of adults, close to Gironde’s towns (34%) and above compared French towns (30%). Typical age in Ludon-Médoc: 40.9, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Ludon-Médoc | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs based in Ludon-Médoc number 1,000, against 2,750 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,440 a year.
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.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 6.2% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Ludon-Médoc. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau La Lagunein town
ChâteauChâteau d'Agassacin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bacalanin townChâteauChâteauChâteau Dauzac4.7 km north, in LabardeChâteauChâteauChâteau Giscours4.4 km northwest, in LabardeChâteauChâteauChâteau Pichon4.3 km south, in ParempuyrePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ludon-Médoc yet.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ludon-Médoc is a commune of 5,578 people in the Communauté de communes Médoc Estuaire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludon-Médoc | 5,578 | — | B | C− | A | A |
| Macau | 4,576 | 1.9 | A− | C | A− | A− |
| Parempuyre | 10,672 | 1.9 | C | C− | B− | B+ |
| Le Pian-Médoc | 7,292 | 3.1 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Arsac | 4,124 | 4.2 | A− | C− | A− | B+ |
| Blanquefort | 17,215 | 4.3 | C | D | D | A− |
| Ambès | 3,313 | 4.5 | D | B+ | C | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #11 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 5% of compared French towns and #88 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,022/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ludon-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.
