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With 2,098 residents, it is a town in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Brax’s strongest is health (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,206/m² takes 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglomération d'Agen.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Brax 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 Brax does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Brax 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.
Brax 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 Brax as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel Saint-Martin, dit aussi hôtel Hutot de Latour, in Agen, 2.8 mi away.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Brax. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen4.8 km east, in AgenTheme parkTheme parkWalygator Sud-Ouest2 km southeast, in RoquefortCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Agen5 km east, in AgenChâteauChâteauChâteau de Roquefort3.2 km south, in RoquefortMuseumMuseumÉglise des Jacobins d'Agen4.6 km east, in AgenPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brax.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
168 deaths in Brax between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 215: 22% below. Life expectancy in Lot-et-Garonne: 85.3 years for women and 80.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Lot-et-Garonne town has one family doctor.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
At the census, 4.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Brax holds 550 jobs; 900 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,810 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.52/m² a month, about level with Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€9.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.69/m² a month. 53 houses and apartments changed hands in Brax from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,206/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
31% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (23%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 25% of residents. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Brax | Lot-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lot-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Brax, 96.0% passed the bac, near Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (95.5%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Théophile de ViauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 195 | 89%−4 pts |
| Lycée Jean-Baptiste de BaudreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 358 | 96%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Adèle de Trenquelléon PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 127 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Brax is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brax 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brax | 2,098 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Colayrac-Saint-Cirq | 3,095 | 1.9 | A− | A− | A+ | C+ |
| Le Passage | 9,326 | 2.3 | B+ | B− | B | A− |
| Agen | 32,801 | 3.5 | C+ | B | D− | C+ |
| Foulayronnes | 5,476 | 5 | A | B+ | A | B+ |
| Boé | 5,846 | 5 | B+ | C+ | B− | B |
| Bon-Encontre | 6,530 | 5.5 | A− | B− | A− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Brax has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 96% of 358 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean-Baptiste de Baudre in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Brax grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Brax is a commune of 2,098 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Agglomération d'Agen. 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 November 9, 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.