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With 17,328 residents, it is a town in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Where it falls short is safety — an average of 14.8 recorded violent incidents and 21.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Marmande earns a C+, which places it #17 of 22 in Lot-et-Garonne. On that grade it does better than 37% of compared French towns. Fewer journeys need a car: four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,491/m² costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Val de Garonne Agglomération. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Marmande 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Marmande does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Marmande counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Marmande counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Église Notre-Dame et son cloître: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Benoît: Photo: Jacques MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Mauvezin: Photo: Henry Salomé · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marmande.
With 11,350 jobs for 6,100 working residents, Marmande draws people in from neighbouring communes. On the Safety Grade, Marmande ranks 21st of the 22 compared towns in Lot-et-Garonne. In 2025, 618 offenses were recorded here. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% of the index here). 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The median disposable income was €22,270 a year per consumption unit, below both Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€23,455) and compared French towns (€25,970). The census found nearly a fifth of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, above Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (9.3%) and close to compared French towns (11%). 30% of residents are 65 or over.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot-et-Garonne 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Marmande | Lot-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 93% passed the bac pro, of 133 candidates at 2 lycées. For exam results, it comes #6 of 18 in Lot-et-Garonne. The bac pass rate near Marmande is 95.4%, near Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (95.5%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Cité ScolaireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 158 | 89%+5 pts |
| Lycée privé Notre-Dame de la Compassion PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 99 | 96%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Notre-Dame de la Compassion PrivateBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 64 | 100%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Marmande is Église Notre-Dame et son cloître. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk. Just over one in ten homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.18/m² a month, between Lot-et-Garonne’s towns (€9.77/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 751 sales of houses and apartments in Marmande, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,491/m². A house in Marmande goes for €1,557/m², an apartment for €1,359/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,557/m² | 568 |
| Apartments | €1,359/m² | 183 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,404 deaths in Marmande from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,381, 1% fewer. Its three care homes for older people (336 places) count their residents as Marmande’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. At birth, a girl in Lot-et-Garonne can expect 85.3 years and a boy 80.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Marmande can choose among 14 GPs.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Marmande. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Marmande.
Commune in Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Marmande is a commune of 17,328 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Val de Garonne Agglomération. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marmande | 17,328 | — | C+ | B− | D | B− |
| Sainte-Bazeille | 3,171 | 3.7 | B | B+ | C+ | A− |
| Tonneins | 9,459 | 11 | C+ | A | D | C |
| Miramont-de-Guyenne | 3,081 | 11 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| La Réole Gironde | 4,487 | 12 | C+ | B+ | D− | C |
| Casteljaloux | 4,755 | 14 | C− | B | C− | C+ |
| Clairac | 2,606 | 14 | C− | A− | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 58 burglaries and 201 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #6 of 18 in Lot-et-Garonne. 96% of 99 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Notre-Dame de la Compassion in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,491/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marmande grades B− for cost of living.
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.