Préchac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,498/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Sud Gironde. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% 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.
Each subject compares Préchac 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Préchac.
Who lives here
An older town: 32% of people in Préchac are 65 or over, more than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns
Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.4% of residents, lower than both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15.
51.9median age
PréchacGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Préchac are out of work than in Gironde’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.5%
5.9% 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%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,600 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
300
jobs based in Préchac, 0.7 per working resident
14.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Préchac’s ages would predict, 80 per 100 expected, under Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 182 residents of Préchac died, about as many as the 181 expected from France’s death rates at each age. The nearest emergency department to Préchac is Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon, 11.8 mi away. This Gironde town has one family doctor.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Préchac · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
11.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Préchac keeps more of its old housing than Gironde or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, Préchac counts 47 protected monuments, higher than both Gironde’s towns (1.5) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments here is Château de Cazeneuve. Protection here reaches back to the 14th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Préchac counts 5 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second.
Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de la Trave: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église d'Insos: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Préchac
Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Préchac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Préchac
Is Préchac safe?
Préchac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.3 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Préchac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,498/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Préchac grades B for cost of living.
About Préchac
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Préchac is a commune of 1,061 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
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.
