Amou has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 51% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,620/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Coteaux et Vallées des Luys. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Amou 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 35% of people in Amou are 65 or over, more than in both Landes’ towns and compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Landes’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 22% have a degree.
55.6median age
AmouLandes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Amou has lower unemployment than Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 8.3%
Half of residents lived on more than €24,620 a year per consumption unit, below Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Jobs located in Amou: 500, for 550 residents in work (0.9 each). Also worth knowing: 4.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
500
jobs based in Amou, 0.9 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 23% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Amou than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.07/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
58 sales of houses and apartments in Amou, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,620/m². Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,620/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Amou€1,620/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Landes median€3,172/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,644/m²
57
€10.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.02 to €12.63/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Coteaux et Vallées des Luys
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Amou: 24% were built before 1919, more than in both Landes’ towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Amou, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Amou sees fewer deaths than 59% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Amou: 85 deaths for every 100 expected. 302 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 286: 6% above. The nearest emergency department to Amou is Centre hospitalier Orthez, 7.3 mi away. In Landes, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw106
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Amou · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Orthez
17 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Dax
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Amou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The graded crime recorded most in Amou was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people averaged 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7.7. All told, Amou had 13 recorded offenses in 2025.
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage7
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Fraud8
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
46.0%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (46.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Amou
Is Amou safe?
Amou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Amou good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Amou expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,620/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Amou grades B+ for cost of living.
About Amou
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Amou is a commune of 1,550 people in the Communauté de communes Coteaux et Vallées des Luys. 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
1,550 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Coteaux et Vallées des Luys
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.
