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A town of 1,184 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
People here tend to be in good health (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is walkability (D). It also trails on jobs & income (C−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment.
Périssac 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 Périssac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Périssac 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.
Périssac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Périssac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Villegouge, 3.7 mi away.
20% 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 Périssac.
5.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.5%. Also worth knowing: the typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,420 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.5 mi away. General-bac pupils go 6.7 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Léo DrouynNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 194 | 87%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Périssac is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 8.1 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 83 residents of Périssac died, against 98 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% fewer. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Gironde’s towns (18%). Périssac has a median age of 45.6 years. Those 65 and older account for 20% of residents.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Périssac | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Sales in Périssac from July 2023 to June 2026: 29 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Périssac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Périssac.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Périssac | 1,184 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Galgon | 3,144 | 2.9 | — | B− | — | B |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 4 | B− | C+ | A | B |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac | 2,729 | 4.4 | — | C | — | C |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile | 5,955 | 6.3 | B | C+ | A− | B− |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 6.5 | C− | C | D | C− |
| Laruscade | 2,811 | 6.6 | — | B | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Périssac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Périssac is a commune of 1,184 people in the Communauté de communes du Fronsadais. 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) · 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.