Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,696 people call this town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At B overall, Marcheprime ranks #34 of 100 in Gironde. On that grade it does better than three fifths of compared French towns. Walkability is another plus (B+) — just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. What counts against it is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Marcheprime does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marcheprime 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 Marcheprime as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison du lotissement Frugès, in Pessac, 12.2 mi away.
1.4% 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 Marcheprime.
Under-15s account for 18% of the population. 11% of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Gironde’s towns (10%). Marcheprime has a median age of 41.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Marcheprime | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Marcheprime, houses go for €3,362/m² and apartments for €3,499/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.89/m² a month, near Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for three quarters of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,362/m² | 100 |
| Apartments | €3,499/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 345 deaths in Marcheprime between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 331: 4% above. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Marcheprime is Hopital Haut Leveque Chu, 11.1 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Marcheprime 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
1,100 jobs are based in Marcheprime, for 2,850 working residents (0.4 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €28,150 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Marcheprime, the most frequent was burglary (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.6 violent offenses and 12.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. All told, Marcheprime had 100 recorded offenses 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 10.9 mi away. Results rank its schools #48 of 93 in Gironde.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gaston FlamentNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 90%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Marcheprime is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Marcheprime.
Stephan Lafouge: Eponimm, CC BY 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcheprime | 5,696 | — | B | C− | B+ | B+ |
| Mios | 12,043 | 6.3 | B+ | C− | A | B |
| Biganos | 11,431 | 6.8 | B | C− | B− | C+ |
| Le Barp | 5,806 | 7.3 | B+ | C− | A− | C+ |
| Audenge | 9,596 | 7.5 | B+ | C− | A− | B |
| Saint-Jean-d'Illac | 9,616 | 8.2 | B+ | C | B+ | A− |
| Cestas | 16,666 | 8.8 | B+ | C− | C | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #36 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns and #48 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marcheprime grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Marcheprime is a commune of 5,696 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord. 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 October 30, 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.
