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Population 3,746: a town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saint-Selve’s strongest is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.1% unemployment. School results are strong: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 4.6 points below the expected rate. Where it falls short is walkability (C−): just over a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Selve has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Saint-Selve does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Selve 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-Selve has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Selve as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Castres-Gironde, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Selve.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.6% of residents, lower than both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 10% of residents are 65 or older. Graduates make up 46% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Selve | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 26% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 10% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.5% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €29,970 a year per consumption unit, above Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Saint-Selve went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Saint-Selve is 91.0%, near Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). Ranked by results, schools here are #23 of 93 in Gironde. At the general lycée, 100% of 179 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de Saint-SelveNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 85%−8 pts |
| Lycée privé de la Sauque PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 179 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Saint-Selve: 101 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.38/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €13.51/m² a month, near Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,125/m² | 101 |
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.
One GP practises in Saint-Selve. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Selve is Msp Bagatelle site Robert Picque, 10.2 mi away. Also worth knowing: 136 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 160: 15% below. 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.
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 C to A−.
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.3 cases of violence against people and 5.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 45 offenses in Saint-Selve. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 28.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Saint-Selve. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Selve is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Selve 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-Selve | 3,746 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Castres-Gironde | 2,695 | 2.3 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| La Brède | 4,386 | 2.5 | A | D | A− | A− |
| Portets | 2,618 | 3.2 | — | C− | — | B |
| Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans | 3,409 | 3.6 | A | C | B+ | A+ |
| Martillac | 3,659 | 5.1 | B+ | C− | B− | B |
| Saucats | 3,548 | 6 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Selve has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #23 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Selve grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Selve is a commune of 3,746 people in the Communauté de communes de Montesquieu. 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.