Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
10,027 people call this town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
Saint-Loubès’s overall grade, C+, puts it better than 41% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #61 of 100 in Gironde. Buying in is costly: 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 2.8 points below the expected rate. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and B for health.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Loubès 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saint-Loubès, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Saint-Loubès before 1900, the earliest Marc Antoine Malleret, in 1720.
Saint-Loubès has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Loup: Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Loubès.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.11/m² a month. Houses were 94% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 216 homes were sold in Saint-Loubès.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,720/m² | 204 |
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.
The nearest general lycée is 4.9 mi away. Schools rank #69 of 93 in Gironde.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Max LinderNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 243 | 93%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The census found nearly one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The median disposable income was €27,120 a year per consumption unit, about level with Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents. At 41.9, the median resident of Saint-Loubès sits in the middle of the age range. 32% of adults hold a degree, between Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Loubès | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Gironde is 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 741 deaths in Saint-Loubès between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 793: 7% below. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Saint-Loubès’; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 9.5% of homes were built. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Violence against people ran at 6.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.6 (2023–2025 average). 259 offenses were reported in Saint-Loubès during 2025. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes here.
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Saint-Loubès. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Saint-Loubès.
Maurice Leuvielle: La Vie au grand air, Public domain
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Loubès is a commune of 10,027 people in the Communauté de communes Les Rives de la Laurence. 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-Loubès | 10,027 | — | C+ | C | B− | B |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 4,915 | 2.4 | C− | C | D | B+ |
| Montussan | 3,628 | 2.5 | B | C | B | A |
| Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac | 4,881 | 2.5 | A | C+ | A− | A− |
| Yvrac | 2,899 | 3 | C | C | B | D |
| Ambarès-et-Lagrave | 17,644 | 3.2 | D− | C− | C | B− |
| Carbon-Blanc | 8,331 | 3.7 | C− | C− | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #52 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 83 burglaries and 57 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #69 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.49/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Loubès 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 4, 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.