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Home to 1,251 people, this town lies in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Bégaar’s strongest is schools: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Health is another plus: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is its weak spot — 13% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for cost of living and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Bégaar 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.
Each subject compares Bégaar 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.
Bégaar 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 Bégaar as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jacques, in Tartas, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bégaar.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.9 mi off. General-bac pupils go 11.9 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 96 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
4.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 7.1%. Jobs located in Bégaar: 300, for 550 residents in work (0.5 each).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Bégaar can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Bégaar is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 12.6 mi away. 100 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 128: 22% below. Life expectancy in Landes: 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Landes’ towns (28%) but above compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. Line up the people of Bégaar by age and the one in the middle is 46.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bégaar | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 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.
Of the homes sold, 97% were houses. The market in Bégaar: 29 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Bégaar. Best known first.
Nothing in Bégaar is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bégaar yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bégaar | 1,251 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Tartas | 3,169 | 2.1 | A− | B | B+ | C |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour | 3,021 | 5 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Rion-des-Landes | 3,142 | 7.9 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 9 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 12 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 13 | C | C− | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bégaar has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bégaar is a commune of 1,251 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate. 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) · 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.