Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,453 residents and lies in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 43% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability: 48% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,882/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pugnac 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 Pugnac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pugnac 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.
Pugnac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Pugnac has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2009.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pugnac.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Gironde can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 197 deaths in Pugnac from 2016 to 2025; there were 159, 19% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pugnac is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 8.7 mi away. 4 GPs practise locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Pugnac holds 750 jobs; 1,150 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. 7.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €25,050 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Pugnac is Église Saint-Sulpice de Lafosse.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.34/m² a month, below Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €9.95/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,866/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: a fifth of residents are under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8% of residents, lower than both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Pugnac | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.8 cases of violence against people and 10.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 24 offenses in Pugnac. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (35.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Pugnac. Best known first.
Pugnac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Sulpice de Lafosse: Photo: Tmouchentois · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Pugnac.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pugnac | 2,453 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Cézac | 2,727 | 3.2 | — | C | — | D |
| Saint-Savin | 3,582 | 4.9 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Ambès | 3,313 | 5.4 | D | B+ | C | C− |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac | 2,586 | 6.1 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 6.7 | C− | C | D | C− |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 6.7 | B− | C+ | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pugnac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,882/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pugnac grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pugnac is a commune of 2,453 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
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.