Where it does best is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): nearly a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,203/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Grand Saint-Émilionnais.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Montagne 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.
Each subject compares Montagne 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montagne.
Schools
Schools around Montagne do less well than those of 93% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Montagne, below Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. Collège pupils travel 2 mi to the nearest one. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 5.3 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer commuters in Montagne walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 7.1%
Montagne has 650 jobs for 700 working residents, 1 per worker. 9.0% of people in the labour force have no job. The median disposable income was €26,150 a year per consumption unit, below Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
650
jobs based in Montagne, 1 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,150
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Montagne run below what its ages would predict: 80 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Gironde, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 111 deaths in Montagne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 139: 20% below. The nearest emergency department to Montagne is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 4.7 mi away.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Montagne · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
4.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Students and young workers shape Montagne: 12% are 15 to 24, above Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, near Gironde’s towns (20%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Montagne is 43. Graduates make up just over a third of adults.
43median age
MontagneGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Montagne is rich in protected monuments: 33 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Montagne is Église Notre-Dame de Parsac. The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Montagne counts 5 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Montagne costs less than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.30/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,203/m², comes from 37 sales of houses and apartments in Montagne from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 92% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €9.48/m² a month.
€2,203/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montagne€2,203/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,133/m²
34
€11.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.15 to €13.95/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,670
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Saint-Émilionnais
Église Notre-Dame de Parsac: Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Palauenc05 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ruines du château de Malengin: Photo: Léo Drouyn (1816-1896) · Public domain
Famous people from Montagne
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montagne yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montagne
Is Montagne safe?
Montagne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 12.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Montagne good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montagne expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,203/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montagne grades B− for cost of living.
About Montagne
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montagne is a commune of 1,510 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Saint-Émilionnais. 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
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.
