A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Andernos-les-Bains ranks #24 of 100 in Gironde, with a B+ overall. Set against the rest, it does better than 70% of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
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 Andernos-les-Bains 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 Andernos-les-Bains.
Who lives here
Children make up only 9.7% of Andernos-les-Bains, fewer than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns
37% of adults hold a degree, above both Gironde’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up just over two fifths of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.8% of the population.
60median age
Andernos-les-BainsGironde medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
A home in Andernos-les-Bains sells for €5,000/m², more than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Andernos-les-Bains: €4,930/m² for houses, €5,232/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €15.63/m² a month, above both Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in the town: 714 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€5,000/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Andernos-les-Bains€5,000/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gironde median€3,176/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,930/m²
533
Apartments
€5,232/m²
181
€15.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.73 to €20.82/m² a month)
12.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,730
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Andernos-les-Bains’ ages would predict, 76 per 100 expected, under Gironde’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,137 deaths in Andernos-les-Bains from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,725, 19% fewer. Women in Gironde live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 16 GPs practise in the town.
−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
16
GPs in Andernos-les-Bains · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Wallerstein
2.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Prive Wallerstein
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gironde, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Andernos-les-Bains, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Gironde’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Andernos-les-Bains is Substructions gallo-romaines. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Incomes in Andernos-les-Bains run higher than in Gironde’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €30,760 a year per consumption unit
Per resident in work, Andernos-les-Bains counts 0.9 jobs (3,800 jobs, 4,300 workers). At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Andernos-les-Bains went to work by public transport.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
Bicycle6%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,800
jobs based in Andernos-les-Bains, 0.9 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Andernos-les-Bains is higher than in 53% of compared French towns
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 6.7 violent offenses and 15.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Andernos-les-Bains’s tally for 2025: 258 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage93
Family violence38
Burglary36
Theft from vehicles29
Other physical violence25
Sexual violence22
Vehicle theft15
Fraud126
Theft without violence89
Drug use15
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
258
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Vestiges gallo-romains d'Andernos-les-Bains and 7 more in and around Andernos-les-Bains
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Andernos-les-Bains. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Andernos-les-Bains
Is Andernos-les-Bains safe?
It grades B− for safety, #51 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 36 burglaries and 93 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Andernos-les-Bains good?
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns and #13 of 93 in Gironde. The lycée stands out: 99% of 251 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Nord Bassin Simone Veil in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Andernos-les-Bains expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Andernos-les-Bains grades D for cost of living.
About Andernos-les-Bains
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Andernos-les-Bains is a commune of 12,710 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord. 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
12,710 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Nord
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.
