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A town in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,342 people.
Homes are affordable (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its schools fall short: brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. It lags on walkability as well: 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is weaker too (C−) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment.
Figures: 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 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Tauriac 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.
Each subject compares Tauriac 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.
Tauriac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Tauriac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.
27% 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 Tauriac.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away. General-bac pupils go 4.9 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 82%−11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €25,080 a year per consumption unit, lower than Gironde’s towns (€27,420) and near compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 9.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Tauriac is Centre hospitalier de la Haute Gironde, 9.5 mi away. 100 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 107: 6% below. 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 · 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 D to B+.
Degrees are held by 26% of adults. People 65 and over make up 19% of the town, below Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. At 44.1, the median resident of Tauriac sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Tauriac | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 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.
38 sales of houses and apartments in Tauriac, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,086/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €10.87/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,086/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Tauriac is église Saint-Étienne. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Tauriac. Best known first.
Tauriac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Nataloche · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tauriac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tauriac | 1,342 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Ambès | 3,313 | 3.1 | D | B+ | C | C− |
| Cézac | 2,727 | 4.6 | — | C | — | D |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 12,626 | 5 | C− | C | D | C− |
| Val de Virvée | 3,793 | 5.9 | B− | C+ | A | B |
| Cubzac-les-Ponts | 2,693 | 6 | B | C | B+ | B− |
| Macau | 4,576 | 6.4 | A− | C | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tauriac 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.
They grade D−, better than 3% of compared French towns. 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 €2,086/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tauriac grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tauriac is a commune of 1,342 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Cubzaguais. 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.