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In Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 2,586 residents. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.
Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac’s overall grade, C−, puts it better than 19% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #81 of 100 in Gironde. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 13.4% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,923/m², so 70 m² costs 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Latitude Nord Gironde. Where it does best is safety (B+): an average of 8.9 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 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, 6.4 mi away.
12% 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-Yzan-de-Soudiac.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
160 deaths in Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 133: 20% above. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 12.5 mi away. Also worth knowing: 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
People 65 and over make up 14% of the town, below Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Under-15s account for just over a fifth of the population. Ages in Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac split evenly at 37.6: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac show 52 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes in the town, 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 · Small counts of 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, 12.3% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
9.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac didn’t travel to work at all.
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 median price, €1,923/m², comes from 73 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.92/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 73 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,010/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #43 of 93 in Gironde. General-bac pupils go 10.7 mi to the nearest lycée.
| 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
Nothing in Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac yet.
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-Yzan-de-Soudiac | 2,586 | — | C− | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Saint-Savin | 3,582 | 2 | B− | B− | A− | C+ |
| Laruscade | 2,811 | 3.4 | — | B | — | B− |
| Cézac | 2,727 | 3.8 | — | C | — | D |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 8.5 | B− | C+ | A | B |
| Montendre Charente-Maritime | 3,222 | 9.9 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 10 | C− | C | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #33 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #43 of 93 in Gironde. 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 €1,923/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac is a commune of 2,586 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
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.