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Population 1,020: a town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Where it falls short is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well: 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,690/m² takes 4.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Blaye.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Paul 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-Paul does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Paul 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-Paul 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-Paul as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Cars, 1.8 mi away.
38% 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-Paul.
The median disposable income was €23,650 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
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.
The market in Saint-Paul: 31 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.13/m² a month, near Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €8.11/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,690/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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, 79 residents of Saint-Paul died, against 88 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Paul is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 3.3 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Degrees are held by 23% of adults, below both Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). 23% of residents are 65 or over. Saint-Paul has a median age of 47.8 years.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Paul | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Paul is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Paul.
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-Paul | 1,020 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Blaye | 5,066 | 3.4 | D− | C+ | D− | C |
| Saint-Savin | 3,582 | 7.3 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Pauillac | 5,190 | 8.5 | C− | B | D | C− |
| Cézac | 2,727 | 8.9 | — | C | — | D |
| Margaux-Cantenac | 2,845 | 9.1 | A | C+ | A− | A− |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac | 2,586 | 9.3 | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Paul has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Paul grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Paul is a commune of 1,020 people in the Communauté de communes de Blaye. 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 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.