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In Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 220 residents.

Is Arboucave a good place to live?

Arboucave isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Parcelles contenant dix-sept tertres funéraires
Parcelles contenant dix-sept tertres funéraires · Classé · Photo: Bahusate · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arboucave’s story

Arboucave in pictures

Arboucave has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1971.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1971First protected: Parcelles contenant dix-sept tertres funéraires
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arboucave.

History

Old homes shape Arboucave: 13% were built before 1919, more than in Landes’ towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Arboucave is Parcelles contenant dix-sept tertres funéraires. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1971
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in Arboucave are 15 to 24: 6.4%, fewer than in Landes’ towns and across compared French towns

Children are nearly a fifth of the town. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. The median resident of Arboucave is 45.7 years old.

45.7median age
ArboucaveLandes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Arboucave
ArboucaveLandes medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–246.4%8.9%11%
25–4424%21%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+24%28%22%
No diploma17%16%19%
CAP or BEP32%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education24%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Arboucave are out of work than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 6.5%

Half of residents lived on more than €23,600 a year per consumption unit, below Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 2.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Arboucave, 0.2 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Arboucave costs less than in Landes’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.94/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €8.65/m² a month. The market in Arboucave: 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.94/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Arboucave€8.94/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Landes median€13.01/m²
€8.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.27 to €11.00/m² a month)
€8.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Arboucave

11pages on Arboucave

Landmarks

Arboucave has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Parcelles contenant dix-sept tertres funéraires: Photo: Bahusate · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Arboucave

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arboucave yet.

How we find them →

Arboucave’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Landes →
HagetmauAire-sur-l'AdourSaint-SeverSauvagnonArtixSerres-CastetHagetmauAire-sur-l'AdourSaint-SeverSauvagnonArtixSerres-CastetArboucave
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Arboucave220—————
Hagetmau4,6248.4AB+AC
Aire-sur-l'Adour6,21111B+B+B−C−
Saint-Sever5,04312AB+AC−
Sauvagnon Pyrénées-Atlantiques3,57915—B−—B+
Artix Pyrénées-Atlantiques3,47716AB+AC+
Serres-Castet Pyrénées-Atlantiques4,41816A+BA+B+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Arboucave

Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arboucave is a commune of 220 people in the Communauté de communes Chalosse Tursan. 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
220 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Chalosse Tursan
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.8 sq mi (10 km²)
INSEE code
40005

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.