Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,516 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Castets has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,423/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Côte Landes Nature. Its strongest is jobs & income (B): 2.2 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Castets 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.
Castets has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Castets, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2014.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Castets before 1900, the earliest Albini Gieure, in 1844.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Castets.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Castets records 98 deaths per 100 expected, above both Landes’ towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 338 residents of Castets died, against 268 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,423/m², comes from 102 sales of houses and apartments in Castets from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.69/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 | €2,654/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Castets above both Landes’ towns (3.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Castets, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 6.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Landes’ towns (9.7%) and below compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Castets is below both Landes’ towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 24% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Castets | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 23 offenses in the graded categories in Castets in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 31.4% of the index here. With 2,350 jobs for 1,050 working residents, Castets draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
Castets has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Castets.
Jean-Marie Jouaret: Fédération sportive et culturelle de France, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Émile Vignes: Romain.Blq.40370, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castets | 2,516 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Magescq | 2,698 | 7.9 | B− | C | A | B− |
| Rion-des-Landes | 3,142 | 11 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 11 | C | C− | C | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 11 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour | 3,021 | 12 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Soustons | 8,701 | 13 | C+ | C− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Castets has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Castets grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Castets is a commune of 2,516 people in the Communauté de communes Côte Landes Nature. 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.