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A town of 5,290 in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
With a B+ overall, Tresses is better than 72% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #22 of 100 in Gironde. The local economy does well: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 7.4% unemployment. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €3,000/m² takes 7.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Coteaux Bordelais. School results trail most towns (C): bac results 4.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.7 points above the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 2 things Tresses does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tresses 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Tresses counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1964.
3.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, gardens and museums in and near Tresses. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tresses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 268 deaths in Tresses between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 376: 29% below. Also worth knowing: there are 8 general practitioners locally.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Tresses, 87.4% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Gironde’s towns (89.9%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). School results put the town #72 of 93 in Gironde. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Lestonnac PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 100%+3 pts |
| Lycée Élie FaureNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 301 | 87%−7 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Claire PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 144 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 94% were houses. 105 houses and apartments changed hands in Tresses from July 2023 to June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €11.12/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,000/m² | 99 |
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 Tresses is Église Saint-Pierre. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 3.3% of the total, below Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Over 2025, Tresses logged 98 recorded offenses. This Gironde town has 3,250 jobs for 2,300 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Violence against people ran at 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 14 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage 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 · For sexual violence and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Children under 15 make up 19%, above Gironde’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 are 9.1% of the population. Half of Tresses is older than 43.7, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Tresses | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.9% 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%). Of those in the labour force, 7.4% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Tresses has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Eltargrim · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Tresses.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tresses | 5,290 | — | B+ | C+ | B | A |
| Artigues-près-Bordeaux | 8,687 | 1.3 | C | C | C− | A− |
| Pompignac | 3,577 | 1.5 | A+ | C | A | A− |
| Fargues-Saint-Hilaire | 3,543 | 2.1 | A− | C | A− | C |
| Bouliac | 3,804 | 2.2 | B | D | B− | B+ |
| Yvrac | 2,899 | 2.3 | C | C | B | D |
| Carignan-de-Bordeaux | 4,388 | 2.3 | A | C− | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #44 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 26% of compared French towns and #72 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.27/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tresses grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tresses is a commune of 5,290 people in the Communauté de communes Les Coteaux Bordelais. 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.