Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,146 people, lies in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Aureilhan’s schools beat most: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Housing is expensive (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Aureilhan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Aureilhan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aureilhan 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.
Aureilhan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Aureilhan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église prieurale, in Mimizan, 2.1 mi away.
3.9% 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 Aureilhan.
Half of residents lived on more than €26,920 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Landes’ towns (€25,750). Unemployment stands at 11.7%. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Aureilhan didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A third of residents are 65 or over, above both Landes’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% of the town. Ages in Aureilhan split evenly at 56.5: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Aureilhan | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.55/m² a month. The sales split: 78% houses, the rest apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.20/m² a month, below Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,991/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 11.5 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 1.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 115 | 92%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Aureilhan is Ch Dax Antenne Saisonniere Smur Mimizan, 6.5 mi away. 118 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 125: 6% below. 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.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Aureilhan (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 7.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.2 (2023–2025 average). The police record for Aureilhan lists 7 offenses in 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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 61.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Aureilhan. Best known first.
Nothing in Aureilhan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Aureilhan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aureilhan | 1,146 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Mimizan | 7,673 | 2.5 | C− | D | C− | B− |
| Parentis-en-Born | 7,586 | 11 | C− | C− | B+ | D |
| Biscarrosse | 15,836 | 13 | C+ | D | C+ | B |
| Labouheyre | 2,906 | 14 | B− | C+ | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aureilhan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aureilhan grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Aureilhan is a commune of 1,146 people in the Communauté de communes de Mimizan. 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.