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The town has 402 residents and lies in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Caupenne a good place to live?

Caupenne isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Château de Caupenne
Château de Caupenne · Inscrit · Photo: Pdbdt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Caupenne’s story

Caupenne in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Caupenne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1970.

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

  • 1970First protected: Église Saint-Martin
  • 2005Most recently protected: Église Saint-Laurent
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caupenne.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Caupenne than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults

Children under 15 make up 14%, below both Landes’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town.

52.1median age
CaupenneLandes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education22%

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 Caupenne
CaupenneLandes medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–248.2%8.9%11%
25–4417%21%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+28%28%22%
No diploma21%16%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%20%18%
Higher education22%28%30%

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

History

Caupenne keeps more of its old housing than Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 40% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Caupenne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit3
10th c.
oldest protected part
1970
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Caupenne, 3.3%, runs below Landes’ towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €24,280 a year per consumption unit, below both Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Caupenne counts 0.8 jobs (150 jobs, 200 workers). At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Caupenne didn’t travel to work at all.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
150
jobs based in Caupenne, 0.8 per working resident
3.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Caupenne than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.92/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €8.90/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 11 homes were sold in Caupenne.

€10.92/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Caupenne€10.92/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Landes median€13.01/m²
€10.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.75 to €13.61/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

Nearby attractions

Château de Caupenne and 2 more in and around Caupenne

Heritage and family days out in and near Caupenne. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Caupenne

12pages on Caupenne

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Caupenne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Laurent: Photo: Pdbdt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Ghislain118 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Caupenne

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

How we find them →

Caupenne’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 →
HagetmauSaint-SeverTartasPontonx-sur-l'AdourNarrosseSaint-Vincent-de-PaulHagetmauSaint-SeverTartasPontonx-sur-l'AdourNarrosseSaint-Vincent-de-PaulCaupenne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Caupenne402—————
Hagetmau4,6248.1AB+AC
Saint-Sever5,04310AB+AC−
Tartas3,16911A−BB+C
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour3,02112—C+—C+
Narrosse3,38713B+CA−B+
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul3,40213B+CAB−

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

About Caupenne

Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Caupenne is a commune of 402 people in the Communauté de communes Terres de Chalosse. 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
402 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terres de Chalosse
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5.9 sq mi (15.2 km²)
INSEE code
40078

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.