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2,304 people live in this town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Germain-du-Puch’s strongest is jobs & income (A−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment. Add health to its strengths (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too — brevet results 2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Germain-du-Puch 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 Saint-Germain-du-Puch does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Germain-du-Puch 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-Germain-du-Puch has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Germain-du-Puch as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Nérigean, 2.2 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Germain-du-Puch.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 149 residents of Saint-Germain-du-Puch died, against 191 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Germain-du-Puch is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 6.7 mi away. 5 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. 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 estimated advertised rent is €12.35/m² a month, lower than Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. The market in Saint-Germain-du-Puch: 60 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,400/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean AuriacNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 161 | 86%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 6.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Median disposable income comes to €27,780 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Gironde’s towns (18%). Graduates make up 36% of adults. Typical age in Saint-Germain-du-Puch: 46, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Germain-du-Puch | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Family violence topped the graded crimes in Saint-Germain-du-Puch (2025). In all, 20 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 7.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.1 (2023–2025 average).
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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 (35.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Germain-du-Puch. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Germain-du-Puch is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Germain-du-Puch as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Germain-du-Puch | 2,304 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Beychac-et-Caillau | 2,625 | 2.7 | A− | C+ | B | A− |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron | 2,713 | 3 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Vayres | 4,615 | 3.2 | C+ | C− | B | B |
| Sallebœuf | 2,767 | 3.5 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac | 4,881 | 4.3 | A | C+ | A− | A− |
| Izon | 6,374 | 4.7 | B | C− | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Germain-du-Puch has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Germain-du-Puch grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Germain-du-Puch is a commune of 2,304 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
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 8, 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.