Is Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens a good place to live?
Health is a strength (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.1% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,241/m², so 70 m² costs 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Grand Saint-Émilionnais. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens 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.
What makes Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens stand out
The one thing Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Église Saint-Sulpice · Inscrit · Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens’ story
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2007.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1889First protected: Menhir de Peyrefitte ou de Pierre Fitte
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens.
Who lives here
Children make up only 13% of Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens, fewer than in both Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, higher than both Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Residents of Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens have a median age of 52.5.
52.5median age
Saint-Sulpice-de-FaleyrensGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 68% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens records 82 deaths per 100 expected, near Gironde’s towns (84) and lower than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 151 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 151, about as many. In Gironde, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 3 GPs practise locally.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
3.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Robert Boulin Libourne
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens keeps more of its old housing than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Since 2007, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Menhir de Peyrefitte ou de Pierre Fitte.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%
Unemployment stood at 11.1%, above both Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 2.6% of working residents in Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens to work at the census. At the census, 8.7% of working residents in Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens didn’t travel to work at all.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens, 0.6 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Menhir de Peyrefitte ou de Pierre Fitte: Photo: Guillaumeg33 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Lescours: Photo: Inconnu Unknown circa 1900 - 1910 · Public domain
Famous people from Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens
Is Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens safe?
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens 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 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,241/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens grades C+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens is a commune of 1,344 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Saint-Émilionnais. 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
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.
