Aire-sur-l'Adour’s best grade is for schools (A−): bac results 1.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−). The overall grade comes out at B+, #7 of 29 in Landes. That leaves it better than two thirds of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Aire-sur-l'Adour 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Ancien évêché et hôtel de ville · Inscrit · Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Thbz (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · Public domain
Aire-sur-l'Adour’s story
Aire-sur-l'Adour in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Aire-sur-l'Adour: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 9.7 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 85% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
Wikidata records 7 people born in Aire-sur-l'Adour before 1900, the earliest Jean-Baptiste Chaumont, in 1746.
1840First protected: Église Sainte-Quitterie du Mas d'Aire
2015Most recently protected: Ancien évêché et hôtel de ville
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aire-sur-l'Adour.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Aire-sur-l'Adour than in Landes or compared French towns: 9.7 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Aire-sur-l'Adour is Église Sainte-Quitterie du Mas d'Aire. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Homes from before 1919 make up 8% of the total, higher than both Landes’ towns (3.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
96.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #9 of 31 in Landes on results. For collège, the closest is 1.1 mi away. At the general lycée, 97% of 149 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Aire-sur-l'Adour than in Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, below both Landes’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a third of residents. The middle age in Aire-sur-l'Adour is 52.8.
52.8median age
Aire-sur-l'AdourLandes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Aire-sur-l'Adour sees more deaths than 79% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Aire-sur-l'Adour has 22 family doctors. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, higher than both Landes’ towns (88) and compared French towns (88). 976 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 868: 12% above. Life expectancy at birth in Landes is 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
22
GPs in Aire-sur-l'Adour · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Gcs Pays de L Adour
17.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Aire-sur-l'Adour costs less than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,597/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Landes costs less to buy into than Aire-sur-l'Adour, at €1,597/m², the lowest of 35. The split locally: €1,589/m² for houses, €1,666/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.27/m² a month, lower than both Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,597/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aire-sur-l'Adour€1,597/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Landes median€3,172/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,589/m²
216
Apartments
€1,666/m²
60
€10.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.35 to €12.63/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes d'Aire-sur-l'Adour
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Money is tighter in Aire-sur-l'Adour than in Landes’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,160 a year per consumption unit
Jobs located in Aire-sur-l'Adour: 4,450, for 2,250 residents in work (2 each). 12.0% of the labour force were unemployed, above Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot7%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
4,450
jobs based in Aire-sur-l'Adour, 2 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Aire-sur-l'Adour has more crime per resident than 52% of compared French towns
2025 saw 123 offenses recorded in Aire-sur-l'Adour. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
9.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage38
Other physical violence31
Family violence21
Burglary13
Theft from vehicles13
Sexual violence7
Theft without violence40
Drug use39
Fraud34
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.
9.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
123
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.9%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Église Sainte-Quitterie du Mas d'Aire: Photo: Thbz · Public domain · Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Jaume sur Wikipédia français · Public domain · Maison du 14e siècle: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anciennes halles aux grains: Photo: Franck-fnba · CC BY-SA 4.0
Césaire Daugé: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Olivier Lafargue: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Robert Sarrade: L'Indépendant des Basses-Pyrénées, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Henri Labeyrie: Jibi44, CC BY-SA 4.0
Aire-sur-l'Adour’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aire-sur-l'Adour
Is Aire-sur-l'Adour safe?
It grades B− for safety, #17 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aire-sur-l'Adour good?
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #9 of 31 in Landes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aire-sur-l'Adour expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aire-sur-l'Adour grades B+ for cost of living.
About Aire-sur-l'Adour
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Aire-sur-l'Adour is a commune of 6,211 people in the Communauté de communes d'Aire-sur-l'Adour. 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
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.
