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A town of 4,490 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Pineuilh grades B overall: better than 58% of compared French towns, and #36 of 100 in Gironde. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.2 jobs per working resident; 16.2% unemployment. At the median price of €1,369/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays Foyen. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
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 Pineuilh does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pineuilh 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 Pineuilh as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, in Montcaret, 8.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pineuilh.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Pineuilh comes below both Gironde’s towns (84) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 500 residents of Pineuilh died, against 766 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% fewer. 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
For Pineuilh, that is above both Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 13% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Pineuilh | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 97 offenses in the graded categories in Pineuilh in 2025. For armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 2.3% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Pineuilh, 91.6% passed the bac, below Gironde’s towns (93.5%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Anglade Langalerie PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 44 | 100%+12 pts |
| Lycée Élisée ReclusNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 137 | 96%±0 pts |
| Collège Élie FaureBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 94 | 82%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Pineuilh sits above both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €22,500 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,369/m², below both Gironde’s towns (€3,176/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Pineuilh sell for €1,574/m² and apartments for €1,247/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,574/m² | 150 |
| Apartments | €1,247/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Pineuilh. Best known first.
MuseumMaison du Fleuve et du Vin1.5 km northwest, in Port-Sainte-Foy-et-PonchaptChâteauChâteauChâteau du Fauga2.8 km north, in Port-Sainte-Foy-et-PonchaptArt galleryArt galleryGalerie Marc Amanieux1.6 km northwest, in Port-Sainte-Foy-et-PonchaptMuseumMuseumMusée de la Batellerie1.6 km northwest, in Port-Sainte-Foy-et-PonchaptChâteauChâteauChâteau de Gilet4.2 km north, in Le FleixChâteauChâteauL'Oenanthie2.8 km south, in Saint-André-et-AppellesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Pineuilh is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Pineuilh as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pineuilh | 4,490 | — | B | C+ | C | A+ |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande | 2,507 | 0.6 | C | A− | D− | D |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt Dordogne | 2,520 | 1.4 | B+ | B | A− | B− |
| La Force Dordogne | 2,702 | 7.5 | — | B | — | D |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin Dordogne | 2,742 | 7.9 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Prigonrieux Dordogne | 4,374 | 9.1 | C+ | B | A+ | D |
| Bergerac Dordogne | 27,110 | 13 | C | B | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #62 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #27 of 93 in Gironde. 96% of 137 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Élisée Reclus in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pineuilh grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pineuilh is a commune of 4,490 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Foyen. 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.