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BonnegardeLandes

It is a town of 254 residents in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Bonnegarde a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Bonnegarde falls below the line for grades. 31% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Bonnegarde stand out

The one thing Bonnegarde does most differently from other towns.

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Bonnegarde’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Bonnegarde’s story

No historic monuments in Bonnegarde

The Culture ministry lists no building in Bonnegarde as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Grottes préhistoriques du Pouy, in Brassempouy, 4.5 mi away.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Few people in Bonnegarde are 15 to 24: 5.8%, fewer than in Landes’ towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. 11% are under 15, below Landes’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.

56.6median age
BonnegardeLandes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 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.

Ages and diplomas in Bonnegarde
BonnegardeLandes medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–245.8%8.9%11%
25–4418%21%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+31%28%22%
No diploma16%16%19%
CAP or BEP34%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education25%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 7.4% of commuters in Bonnegarde go to work without a car, fewer than in Landes’ towns and across compared French towns

Per resident in work, Bonnegarde counts 0.5 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). Nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The median disposable income is €26,350 a year per consumption unit.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Bonnegarde, 0.5 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

99.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 7 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.5 mi away.

99.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Bonnegarde99.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège du Pays des LuysNearest collègeCollègeCollège6999%+7 pts
99.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +7 pts against the expected rate
2.5 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Bonnegarde costs less than in Landes’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.07/m² a month

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

Bonnegarde recorded 5 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bonnegarde€10.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Landes median€13.01/m²
€10.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.02 to €12.63/m² a month)
€8.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Sault and 4 more in and around Bonnegarde

Heritage in and near Bonnegarde. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Bonnegarde

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Landmarks

Nothing in Bonnegarde is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Bonnegarde

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

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Bonnegarde’s neighbors

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

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OrthezHagetmauSalies-de-BéarnArtixMourenxPouillonOrthezHagetmauSalies-de-BéarnArtixMourenxPouillonBonnegarde
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bonnegarde254—————
Orthez Pyrénées-Atlantiques10,8816.3B+BB−B−
Hagetmau4,6248.5AB+AC
Salies-de-Béarn Pyrénées-Atlantiques4,74213A−B−AC−
Artix Pyrénées-Atlantiques3,47713AB+AC+
Mourenx Pyrénées-Atlantiques5,69514A−AC+C
Pouillon3,13415—C—C+

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

About Bonnegarde

Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Bonnegarde is a commune of 254 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
254 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Coteaux et Vallées des Luys
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.7 km²)
INSEE code
40047

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.