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The town, home to 1,639 people, lies in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Where it falls short is walkability — 15% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,958/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Latitude Nord Gironde. Work and incomes lag: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment. Homes go for a median €1,958/m².
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Mariens 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-Mariens 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-Mariens has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Saint-Mariens does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Mariens as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Saint-Vivien-de-Blaye, 5.9 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Mariens 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-Mariens.
The median disposable income was €23,750 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Saint-Mariens went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saint-Mariens recorded 41 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.51/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,958/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 22% of residents are under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.4%, below both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Saint-Mariens has a median age of 40.7.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Mariens | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 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.
There is one general practitioner in Saint-Mariens. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Mariens is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 12.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 112 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 103, 8% fewer. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 1.5 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 9.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Val de SayeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 86%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Mariens yet.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Mariens is a commune of 1,639 people in the Communauté de communes Latitude Nord Gironde. 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-Mariens | 1,639 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac | 2,586 | 1.6 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Cézac | 2,727 | 2.5 | — | C | — | D |
| Laruscade | 2,811 | 2.7 | — | B | — | B− |
| Saint-Savin | 3,582 | 2.7 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 6.9 | B− | C+ | A | B |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 8.7 | C− | C | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Mariens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.13/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Mariens 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.