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1,717 residents make their home in this town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Noaillan is hard to get around without a car: a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,041/m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Sud Gironde. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Noaillan 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.
The one thing Noaillan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Noaillan 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.
Noaillan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Noaillan has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Noaillan.
At the census, 5.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 7.3%. Median disposable income comes to €25,090 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.
125 deaths in Noaillan between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 124: 1% above. Adjusted mortality in the town: 101 deaths for every 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Noaillan is Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon, 7.3 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Gironde is 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. Residents of Noaillan have a median age of 44.6. 30% of adults hold a degree, below Gironde’s towns (34%) and close to compared French towns (30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Noaillan | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Noaillan has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,041/m²: 61 houses and apartments sold in Noaillan between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.30/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,041/m² | 61 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.4 violent offenses and 7.2 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie recorded 16 offenses in Noaillan in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Noaillan (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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 64.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Noaillan. Best known first.
The list names few of Noaillan’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Vincent: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Noaillan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noaillan | 1,717 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Toulenne | 2,881 | 7 | B− | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Langon | 7,674 | 7.2 | C | C+ | D− | B |
| Bazas | 4,854 | 7.9 | A− | B− | B− | B+ |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne | 2,670 | 11 | D | B− | D | D− |
| Podensac | 3,269 | 12 | C | C+ | C | C |
| Saint-Selve | 3,746 | 14 | — | C | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Noaillan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,041/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Noaillan grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Noaillan is a commune of 1,717 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Gironde. 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.