Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 3,628 people, lies in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Montussan’s strongest is health (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The town ranks #32 of 100 in Gironde, with a B overall. That leaves it better than 63% of compared French towns. The drawback is cost of living (C) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Montussan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montussan 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 Montussan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac, 2.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montussan.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Montussan. In Gironde, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 151 residents of Montussan died, against 209 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Montussan, houses go for €2,858/m² and apartments for €2,984/m². A house rents for an estimated €14.56/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 72% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,858/m² | 81 |
| Apartments | €2,984/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 39% of adults. The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Montussan | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Montussan (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Montussan show 76 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 2.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 16.3.
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 · When other physical violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (9.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.8 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #59 of 93 in Gironde.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Max LinderNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 243 | 93%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
8.4% 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. Unemployment runs at 8.6%. Jobs based in Montussan number 1,000, against 1,800 residents in work (0.6 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Montussan. Best known first.
Nothing in Montussan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montussan yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montussan | 3,628 | — | B | C | B | A |
| Yvrac | 2,899 | 2 | C | C | B | D |
| Pompignac | 3,577 | 2 | A+ | C | A | A− |
| Beychac-et-Caillau | 2,625 | 2.3 | A− | C+ | B | A− |
| Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac | 4,881 | 2.5 | A | C+ | A− | A− |
| Saint-Loubès | 10,027 | 2.5 | C+ | C | B− | B |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 4,915 | 3.1 | C− | C | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #38 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #59 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montussan grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montussan is a commune of 3,628 people in the Communauté de communes Les Rives de la Laurence. 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 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.