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Some 1,083 people live in this town, in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Residents are healthier than most (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,442/m² takes 5.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Portes de l'Entre-Deux-Mers. Its weakest is walkability (C−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Tabanac 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 Tabanac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tabanac 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.
Tabanac 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 Tabanac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Lyde et sa chapelle, in Baurech, 1.4 mi away.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Tabanac. Best known first.
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Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tabanac.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Tabanac has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Tabanac is Nouvelle clinique Bordeaux Tondu, 9.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 109 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 68, 37% fewer. Average lifespans in Gironde: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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.
100 jobs are based in Tabanac, for 500 working residents (0.2 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €28,040 a year per consumption unit. 4.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, below Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Among adults, 42% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Tabanac | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €11.26/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 31 homes in Tabanac. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.43/m² a month, lower than Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,442/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Tabanac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Tabanac.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabanac | 1,083 | — | — | B | — | A+ |
| Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux | 3,450 | 2.1 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Portets | 2,618 | 2.6 | — | C− | — | B |
| Castres-Gironde | 2,695 | 3.1 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Sadirac | 4,769 | 4 | A− | C | A+ | B |
| Camblanes-et-Meynac | 3,181 | 4.3 | A | C− | A− | B |
| Créon | 4,950 | 4.3 | B− | C | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tabanac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tabanac grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tabanac is a commune of 1,083 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de l'Entre-Deux-Mers. 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.