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559 people call this town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.

Is Castel-Sarrazin a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Castel-Sarrazin has none.

Castel-Sarrazin’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Castel-Sarrazin’s story

No historic monuments in Castel-Sarrazin

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Sourdis, in Gaujacq, 1.8 mi away.

17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Castel-Sarrazin.

Who lives here

Children make up 19% of Castel-Sarrazin, above Landes’ towns and compared French towns

Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.3% of residents, about level with Landes’ towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Castel-Sarrazin has a median age of 47.2.

47.2median age
Castel-SarrazinLandes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Castel-Sarrazin
Castel-SarrazinLandes medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–249.3%8.9%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+22%28%22%
No diploma13%16%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat25%20%18%
Higher education24%28%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Castel-Sarrazin walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 3.8%

Jobs located in Castel-Sarrazin: 100, for 250 residents in work (0.3 each). Households’ median disposable income: €24,830 a year per consumption unit. 3.5% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
100
jobs based in Castel-Sarrazin, 0.3 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
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 2.8 mi away.

99.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Castel-Sarrazin99.0%
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
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Castel-Sarrazin 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.

The market in Castel-Sarrazin: 16 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Castel-Sarrazin€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)
€8.90/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 Castel-Sarrazin

13pages on Castel-Sarrazin

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Castel-Sarrazin

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Castel-Sarrazin yet.

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Castel-Sarrazin’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 →
OrthezHagetmauPouillonSalies-de-BéarnNarrossePontonx-sur-l'AdourOrthezHagetmauPouillonSalies-de-BéarnNarrossePontonx-sur-l'AdourCastel-Sarrazin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Castel-Sarrazin559—————
Orthez Pyrénées-Atlantiques10,8818.7B+BB−B−
Hagetmau4,62410AB+AC
Pouillon3,13411—C—C+
Salies-de-Béarn Pyrénées-Atlantiques4,74212A−B−AC−
Narrosse3,38713B+CA−B+
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour3,02114—C+—C+

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

About Castel-Sarrazin

Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Castel-Sarrazin is a commune of 559 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
559 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Coteaux et Vallées des Luys
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
40074

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 November 4, 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.