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It is a town of 1,614 residents in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Homes are affordable (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−): a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Work and incomes lag: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac 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-Ciers-d'Abzac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin du Bois: Photo: A1AA1A · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.7% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €23,940 a year per consumption unit, below both Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 8.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 8.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 98 residents of Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac died, against 84 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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.
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below both Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up nearly a fifth of residents. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century.
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 €10.60/m² a month, below both Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac from July 2023 to June 2026: 39 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €9.51/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,875/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac yet.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac is a commune of 1,614 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais. 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-Ciers-d'Abzac | 1,614 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Galgon | 3,144 | 3.1 | — | B− | — | B |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 5.3 | B− | C+ | A | B |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile | 5,955 | 5.6 | B | C+ | A− | B− |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac | 2,729 | 5.9 | — | C | — | C |
| Laruscade | 2,811 | 6.4 | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 8 | C− | C | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac grades B 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.