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The town, home to 3,548 people, lies in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saucats’s strongest is jobs & income — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Cost of living is weaker too: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.
Saucats has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Saucats does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saucats 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.
Saucats has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saucats, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.
4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saucats.
The 15-to-24 age group: 7.7%, lower than both Gironde’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 42% have a degree. Residents of Saucats have a median age of 38.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Saucats | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.5% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate comes to 6.9%. At the census, 3.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.34/m² a month, near Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 99% of sales, apartments for the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 81 homes in Saucats.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,138/m² | 80 |
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.
142 deaths in Saucats between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 174: 18% below. The nearest emergency department to Saucats is Hopital Haut Leveque Chu, 9.6 mi away. 5 GPs practise locally. Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 20th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.9% of the total, lower than both Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie figures for Saucats show 21 offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3 cases of violence against people and 6.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes locally, burglary came up most often (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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (32.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saucats has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saucats.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saucats | 3,548 | — | — | C | — | B+ |
| La Brède | 4,386 | 4.1 | A | D | A− | A− |
| Martillac | 3,659 | 5.3 | B+ | C− | B− | B |
| Léognan | 10,670 | 5.5 | B | C− | B | A |
| Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans | 3,409 | 5.8 | A | C | B+ | A+ |
| Saint-Selve | 3,746 | 6 | — | C | — | B |
| Cadaujac | 6,909 | 7.2 | C+ | C− | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saucats has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saucats grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saucats is a commune of 3,548 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 October 30, 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.