Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 7,337 people, this town lies in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Its best grade is for schools: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Safety is another plus — an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, ranking #13 of 100 in Gironde. Nationally, it does better than just over four fifths of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Lanton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lanton 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Lanton as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Substructions gallo-romaines, in Andernos-les-Bains, 3.5 mi away.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lanton.
38% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Gironde’s towns (20%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.1% of residents. The middle age in Lanton is 58.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Lanton | Gironde median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.9% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gironde median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.7 mi away. On school results, the town ranks #8 of 93 in Gironde. At the general lycée, 99% of 251 candidates passed the bac, 2 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean VerdierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 97%+4 pts |
| Lycée Nord Bassin Simone VeilNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 251 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The police record for Lanton lists 119 offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Lanton (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 other physical violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Lanton goes for €4,318/m², an apartment for €4,077/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €14.13/m² a month, near Gironde’s towns (€13.75/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up nearly three quarters of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,318/m² | 235 |
| Apartments | €4,077/m² | 82 |
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.
At birth, a girl in Gironde can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,082 deaths in Lanton from 2016 to 2025; there were 967, 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Lanton is Hopital Prive Wallerstein, 4.9 mi away.
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.
Jobs located in Lanton: 1,300, for 2,750 residents in work (0.5 each). At the census, 9.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gironde’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lanton is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Lanton.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanton | 7,337 | — | A− | D | A | B+ |
| Audenge | 9,596 | 2.9 | B+ | C− | A− | B |
| Andernos-les-Bains | 12,710 | 2.9 | B+ | D | B− | A− |
| Arès | 6,482 | 5.6 | B | D | B | C+ |
| Biganos | 11,431 | 6.1 | B | C− | B− | C+ |
| Gujan-Mestras | 22,153 | 6.1 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Le Teich | 9,180 | 6.2 | B− | C− | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #9 of 100 in Gironde. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 33 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #8 of 93 in Gironde. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lanton grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lanton is a commune of 7,337 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
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 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.