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Population 1,260: a town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 44% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car (D).
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Salaunes 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 Salaunes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Salaunes 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.
Salaunes 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 Salaunes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Avensan, 7.9 mi away.
4% 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 Salaunes.
39% of adults hold a degree, above Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 13% of residents. Add to that, the share aged 15 to 24 is 8.3%.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Salaunes | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 3.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €29,980 a year per consumption unit. 5.7% of people in the labour force have no job.
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.
26 houses and apartments changed hands in Salaunes from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 63 deaths in Salaunes from 2016 to 2025; there were 49, 22% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Salaunes is Hopital Haut Leveque Chu, 13.4 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Nothing in Salaunes 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 Salaunes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salaunes | 1,260 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Sainte-Hélène | 3,091 | 3.2 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc | 7,769 | 5.2 | B+ | D | A− | B |
| Saint-Médard-en-Jalles | 32,910 | 6.3 | A− | D | B | A |
| Castelnau-de-Médoc | 4,907 | 6.6 | D | C | B+ | D |
| Martignas-sur-Jalle | 8,056 | 6.8 | B+ | D | A | B+ |
| Avensan | 3,140 | 7.7 | — | C− | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Salaunes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 800 jobs for 650 working residents, Salaunes draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Salaunes is a commune of 1,260 people in the Communauté de communes Médullienne. 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) · 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.