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This town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 3,450.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 42% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,935/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Portes de l'Entre-Deux-Mers.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux 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.
Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The one thing Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux does most differently from other towns.
Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Caprais: Photo: PA · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,060 a year per consumption unit. 5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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. Homes built before 1919 account for 6.8% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (33 places) counts its residents as Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 245 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 254, 4% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux is Nouvelle clinique Bordeaux Tondu, 7 mi away. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
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 C to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,935/m², comes from 101 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €11.69/m² a month. The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,066/m² | 91 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
39% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Residents of Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux have a median age of 43.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2 cases of violence against people and 9.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The police record for Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux lists 28 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft 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, 26.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux yet.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux is a commune of 3,450 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de l'Entre-Deux-Mers. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux | 3,450 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Camblanes-et-Meynac | 3,181 | 2.4 | A | C− | A− | B |
| Sadirac | 4,769 | 2.6 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Créon | 4,950 | 4.2 | B− | C | B− | B |
| Latresne | 3,714 | 4.2 | A+ | C | A− | A |
| Portets | 2,618 | 4.4 | — | C− | — | B |
| Castres-Gironde | 2,695 | 4.4 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,935/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.65/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux 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.