Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: just over one in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,938/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Sud Gironde. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 9.4% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Verdelais 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 Verdelais 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Verdelais.
HealthHealth D−
Deaths in Verdelais run above what its ages would predict: 134 per 100 expected, more than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 88 residents of Verdelais died, against 66 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% more. 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. The town has one family doctor.
+34%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw134
Adjusted134
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Verdelais · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
3.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Sud Gironde Langon la Reole site Langon
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Verdelais has fewer older residents than Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: 17% are 65 or over
28% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. Half of Verdelais is older than 42.3, half younger.
42.3median age
VerdelaisGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Money is tighter in Verdelais than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,760 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 7.1% of working residents in Verdelais went to work by public transport. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, close to Gironde’s towns (9.7%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
Public transport7%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Verdelais, 0.7 per working resident
9.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 66% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Verdelais: 30% were built before 1919, more than in Gironde’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Verdelais is Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Ancien couvent des Célestins. The town has 67 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above Gironde’s towns (1.5) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments locally: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Verdelais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The 2025 count: 23 offenses in Verdelais. Graded property crimes ran at 18.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 11.5 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: of the graded crimes in the town, family violence came up most often (2025).
11.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence12
Criminal damage11
Armed robbery0
Fraud7
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.
11.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 32.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Basilique Notre-Dame: Photo: Henry SALOMÉ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Croix votive datée de 1630: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Chemin de croix et calvaire de Verdelais: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Site de pèlerinage de Verdelais : Fontaine votive et groupe commémoratif en grès-céramique dits du Pas de la Mule: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Verdelais
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Verdelais yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Verdelais
Is Verdelais safe?
Verdelais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Verdelais good?
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Verdelais expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,938/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Verdelais grades B− for cost of living.
About Verdelais
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Verdelais is a commune of 1,045 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
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.
