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Some 223 people live in this town, in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Pleine-Selve a good place to live?

Pleine-Selve has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Église Sainte-Madeleine
Église Sainte-Madeleine · Classé · Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Pleine-Selve’s story

Pleine-Selve in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Pleine-Selve: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1908.

49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Charles Gilbert-Martin, born in 1839, is the one person born in Pleine-Selve before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1908First protected: Église Sainte-Madeleine
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pleine-Selve.

History

Pleine-Selve keeps more of its old housing than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 49% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Pleine-Selve is Église Sainte-Madeleine. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1908
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Pleine-Selve than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: 18% of adults

Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. The median resident of Pleine-Selve is 48.1 years old. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, above Gironde’s towns (20%) and close to compared French towns (22%).

48.1median age
Pleine-SelveGironde medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pleine-Selve
Pleine-SelveGironde medianFrance median
Under 1518%18%17%
15–249.3%10%11%
25–4420%24%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+22%20%22%
No diploma25%14%19%
CAP or BEP36%26%26%
Baccalauréat16%19%18%
Higher education18%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Pleine-Selve run lower than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €22,120 a year per consumption unit

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.9% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs based in Pleine-Selve number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.5 per worker). 8.3% of people in the labour force have no job.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport4%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Pleine-Selve, 0.5 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

91.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2.5 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 10.7 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away.

91.6%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Pleine-Selve91.6%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollègeCollège7992%+1 pt
Collège Didier DauratBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège4591%+5 pts
91.6%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2.5 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Pleine-Selve than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.57/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Pleine-Selve from July 2023 to June 2026: 2 houses and apartments.

€9.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pleine-Selve€9.57/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Gironde median€13.75/m²
€9.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.41 to €12.35/m² a month)
€8.42/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pleine-Selve

12pages on Pleine-Selve

Landmarks

Pleine-Selve has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Sainte-Madeleine: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0

Famous people from Pleine-Selve

One notable person was born in Pleine-Selve.

Their page →

Pleine-Selve’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Gironde →
Saint-Ciers-sur-GirondeMontendreJonzacPauillacBlayeSaint-SavinSaint-Ciers-sur-GirondeMontendreJonzacPauillacBlayeSaint-SavinPleine-Selve
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pleine-Selve223—————
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde3,1753.1B−B+B−C−
Montendre Charente-Maritime3,2229.4C+BC−C+
Jonzac Charente-Maritime3,60211DC+D−D
Pauillac5,19012C−BDC−
Blaye5,06614D−C+D−C
Saint-Savin3,58215B−B−A−C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Pleine-Selve

Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Pleine-Selve is a commune of 223 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Estuaire. 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

Population
223 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Estuaire
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1.6 sq mi (4.3 km²)
INSEE code
33326

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 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.