Landes has 327 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 35 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 66 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
The median ranked town in Landes grades highest on schools and safety against towns across France, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in Landes against French towns · the line marks the median French town
How the towns Landes grade overall29 ranked towns
A3B13C12D1
3 of 29 (10%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
With the 35 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 327 communes of Landes, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Saint-Sever ranks first of 29 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A) and schools (A) are its strongest grades; health (C−) is its lowest. Hagetmau and Tartas follow.
How do the biggest towns in Landes grade?
Mont-de-Marsan (31,592 people) grades C+ overall, with its best grade in walkability. Dax (22,109 people) grades D overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Landes, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Landes on TownRatings?
Yes: all 327 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 35 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 66 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 226 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Castets and Pontonx-sur-l'Adour and Pouillon and Rion-des-Landes and 2 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
