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1,494 people live in this town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Prignac-et-Marcamps a good place to live?

Prignac-et-Marcamps’s best grade is for walkability: 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,346/m², so 70 m² costs 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.8% 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. Prignac-et-Marcamps 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.

How Prignac-et-Marcamps grades

Each subject compares Prignac-et-Marcamps 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 grading works

Prignac-et-Marcamps has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesDOpen →Jobs & income8.8% unemploymentC−Open →Cost of livingHomes are harder to afford than in most townsCOpen →WalkabilityAbout average among the towns comparedBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

What makes Prignac-et-Marcamps stand out

The one thing Prignac-et-Marcamps does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Caverne à peintures dite de Pair-non-Pair
Caverne à peintures dite de Pair-non-Pair · Classé · Photo: Xabi Rome-Hérault · CC BY 3.0
Prignac-et-Marcamps’ story

Prignac-et-Marcamps in pictures

Prignac-et-Marcamps has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1900.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1900First protected: Caverne à peintures dite de Pair-non-Pair
  • 1934Most recently protected: Gisement du Roc de Marcamps
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Landmarks

Prignac-et-Marcamps has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Ruines de la chapelle de Lurzine: Photo: Iconnu · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Prignac-et-Marcamps.

HealthHealth D

Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Prignac-et-Marcamps run higher than in 86% of compared French towns

+4%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Weighed against its ages and care homes, Prignac-et-Marcamps records 104 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 111 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 116, 4% more. The nearest emergency department to Prignac-et-Marcamps is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 10.8 mi away. Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw104
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Prignac-et-Marcamps · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde
10.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.

HousingCost of living C

Homes in Prignac-et-Marcamps sell for €2,346/m² at the median, against €3,176/m² in Gironde’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns

€2,346/m²median sale price

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

Advertised rents are estimated at €12.34/m² a month, lower than Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.87/m² a month. The market in Prignac-et-Marcamps: 36 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Prignac-et-Marcamps€2,346/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,351/m²35
€12.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.39 to €14.67/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

Old homes shape Prignac-et-Marcamps: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns

3historic monuments

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

Among the classé monuments in Prignac-et-Marcamps is Caverne à peintures dite de Pair-non-Pair. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1900
first monument protected

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

Work & commuteJobs & income C−

For jobs & income, Prignac-et-Marcamps gets a C−

9%walk, cycle or take transit

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment runs at 8.8%. Median disposable income is €25,790 a year for each consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport6%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Prignac-et-Marcamps, 0.2 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns

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

Who lives here

Prignac-et-Marcamps has fewer young adults than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 9% are 15 to 24

44.3median age

Degrees are held by 29% of adults. 19% are under 15, above Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Prignac-et-Marcamps has a median age of 44.3.

Prignac-et-MarcampsGironde medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Prignac-et-Marcamps
Prignac-et-MarcampsGironde medianFrance median
Under 1519%18%17%
15–249%10%11%
25–4424%24%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+21%20%22%
No diploma19%14%19%
CAP or BEP30%26%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education29%34%30%

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Prignac-et-Marcamps

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Nearby attractions

Grotte de Pair-non-Pair and 6 more in and around Prignac-et-Marcamps

Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Prignac-et-Marcamps. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Famous people from Prignac-et-Marcamps

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Prignac-et-Marcamps as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About Prignac-et-Marcamps

Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Prignac-et-Marcamps is a commune of 1,494 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais. 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
1,494 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4 sq mi (10.4 km²)
INSEE code
33339

Prignac-et-Marcamps’ neighbors

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

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AmbèsSaint-André-de-CubzacCubzac-les-PontsCézacVal de VirvéeLa Lande-de-FronsacAmbèsSaint-André-de-CubzacCubzac-les-PontsCézacVal de VirvéeLa Lande-de-FronsacPrignac-et-Marcamps
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Prignac-et-Marcamps1,494——C—D
Ambès3,3132.5DB+CC−
Saint-André-de-Cubzac12,6263.7C−CDC−
Cubzac-les-Ponts2,6934.7BCB+B−
Cézac2,7274.9—C—D
Val de Virvée3,7935B−C+AB
La Lande-de-Fronsac2,7296.4—C—C

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

Questions about Prignac-et-Marcamps

Is Prignac-et-Marcamps safe?

Prignac-et-Marcamps has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Prignac-et-Marcamps expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Prignac-et-Marcamps grades C for cost of living.

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 November 9, 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.