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Some 1,260 people live in this town, in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income (D): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.4% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too: 49% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Magne 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-Magne 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-Magne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saint-Magne does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Magne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Vieux Lugo, in Lugos, 8.4 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Magne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Magne.
2.5% of Saint-Magne’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,220 a year per consumption unit. The jobless rate is 10.4%.
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.
Life expectancy in Gironde: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 82 deaths in Saint-Magne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 77: 6% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Magne is Hopital Haut Leveque Chu, 17.4 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Graduates make up 28% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). What’s more, the 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Magne | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Saint-Magne: 26 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Magne yet.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Magne is a commune of 1,260 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de l'Eyre. 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-Magne | 1,260 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Belin-Béliet | 6,275 | 6.8 | C+ | C | A | C+ |
| Le Barp | 5,806 | 7.5 | B+ | C− | A− | C+ |
| Saucats | 3,548 | 8.8 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Salles | 8,208 | 10 | B− | C− | A | B+ |
| La Brède | 4,386 | 12 | A | D | A− | A− |
| Saint-Selve | 3,746 | 13 | — | C | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Magne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.