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The town, home to 2,165 people, lies in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are its weak spot — brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,000/m², a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Castillon/Pujols. It also trails on walkability: 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Magne-de-Castillon 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 3 things Saint-Magne-de-Castillon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Magne-de-Castillon 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-de-Castillon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Magne-de-Castillon 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.
15% 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-Magne-de-Castillon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 9.4 mi away. For collège, the closest is 0.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Aliénor d'AquitaineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 76%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Magne-de-Castillon can choose among 5 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Magne-de-Castillon is Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne, 9.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 262 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 195, 26% fewer. In Gironde, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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.
Unemployment stood at 12.2%, higher than both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income is €24,040 a year for each consumption unit. Saint-Magne-de-Castillon has 1,150 jobs for 850 working residents, 1.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents. The middle age in Saint-Magne-de-Castillon is 49.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Magne-de-Castillon | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 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.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Saint-Magne-de-Castillon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
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.
Behind the median of €2,000/m²: 75 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Magne-de-Castillon between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,000/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 28 offenses in Saint-Magne-de-Castillon in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.2 violent offenses and 17 graded property crimes a year. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Magne-de-Castillon (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 16.4% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Saint-Magne-de-Castillon. Best known first.
Saint-Magne-de-Castillon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Magne-de-Castillon 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-Magne-de-Castillon | 2,165 | — | — | B | B− | A− |
| Castillon-la-Bataille | 3,344 | 1.1 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Libourne | 25,036 | 9.4 | C− | C− | D− | B |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile | 5,955 | 11 | B | C+ | A− | B− |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron | 2,713 | 11 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle | 3,167 | 11 | B | B | B | B− |
| Vayres | 4,615 | 13 | C+ | C− | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 5% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,000/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Magne-de-Castillon grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Magne-de-Castillon is a commune of 2,165 people in the Communauté de communes Castillon/Pujols. 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 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.