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UzesteGironde

It is a town of 462 residents in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Uzeste a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Uzeste falls below the line for grades. 14% of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 29% of residents.

What makes Uzeste stand out

The 2 things Uzeste does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église collégiale Notre-Dame
Église collégiale Notre-Dame · Classé · Photo: Minou85 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Uzeste’s story

Uzeste in pictures

Uzeste has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.

41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1840First protected: Église collégiale Notre-Dame
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Uzeste.

Who lives here

Few people in Uzeste are 15 to 24: 6.2%, fewer than in Gironde’s towns and compared French towns

16% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Gironde’s towns (18%). At 51.1, the median resident of Uzeste sits in the middle of the age range. Among adults, 32% have a degree.

51.1median age
UzesteGironde medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Uzeste
UzesteGironde medianFrance median
Under 1516%18%17%
15–246.2%10%11%
25–4420%24%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+29%20%22%
No diploma16%14%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education32%34%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Uzeste keeps more of its old housing than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 41% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The protected list starts in the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Uzeste is Église collégiale Notre-Dame.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
1840
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Uzeste come to a median €25,120 a year per consumption unit, against €27,420 in Gironde’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns

Per resident in work, Uzeste counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 200 workers). The unemployment rate comes to 8.8%. 5.0% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

12%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
Public transport7%
Bicycle3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Uzeste, 0.3 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,120
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Uzeste costs less than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.41/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €8.93/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Uzeste.

€11.41/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Uzeste€11.41/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Gironde median€13.75/m²
€11.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.63 to €15.09/m² a month)
€8.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Villandraut and 4 more in and around Uzeste

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Uzeste. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Uzeste

12pages on Uzeste

Landmarks

Uzeste has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église collégiale Notre-Dame: Photo: Minou85 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Uzeste

One notable person was born in Uzeste.

Their page →

Uzeste’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Gironde →
BazasLangonToulenneCadillac-sur-GaronnePodensacSaint-SelveBazasLangonToulenneCadillac-sur-GaronnePodensacSaint-SelveUzeste
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Uzeste462—————
Bazas4,8545.4A−B−B−B+
Langon7,6748.5CC+D−B
Toulenne2,8818.8B−C+C+A−
Cadillac-sur-Garonne2,67014DB−DD−
Podensac3,26915CC+CC
Saint-Selve3,74618—C—B

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Uzeste

Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Uzeste is a commune of 462 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Gironde. 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

Population
462 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Sud Gironde
Département
Gironde (33)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
10.1 sq mi (26.2 km²)
INSEE code
33537

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 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.