Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 12,043 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Mios grades B+ overall: better than 68% of compared French towns, and #26 of 100 in Gironde. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Mios does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mios 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 Mios as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Vieux Lugo, in Lugos, 9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mios.
That puts Mios above both Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 14% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Mios | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 171 offenses in the graded categories in Mios in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Mios, burglary came up most often (2025). For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.3% of the index 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Mios is above both Gironde’s towns (€3,176/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,719/m² | 302 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Mios comes below both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Mios has 2,700 jobs for 5,950 working residents, 0.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €28,780 a year per consumption unit.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 515 residents of Mios died, against 615 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Mios, that is close to Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joséphine BakerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 205 | 90%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Mios is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Mios.
Francis Garnung: Lilyetseslivres, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A for safety, #11 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 43 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #39 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.31/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mios grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mios is a commune of 12,043 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.
