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1,489 people live in this town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Habas’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. It also trails on health (C−). The median home sells for €1,799/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Habas 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.
The one thing Habas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Habas 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.
Habas 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 Habas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bellocq, in Bellocq, 3.5 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Habas.
Households’ median disposable income: €24,370 a year per consumption unit. A tenth of people in the labour force have no job. Also worth knowing: at the census, 2.1% of working residents in Habas went to work by public transport.
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.
There are 4 general practitioners in Habas. After the care-home adjustment, Habas’ deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, higher than both Landes’ towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 153 residents of Habas died, about as many as the 154 expected from France’s death rates at each age. The nearest emergency department to Habas is Centre hospitalier Orthez, 9.8 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 98% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 49 homes in Habas.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,794/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
27% of residents are 65 or over, close to Landes’ towns (28%) and above compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 26% of adults. The middle age in Habas is 48.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Habas | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Habas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Habas.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habas | 1,489 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 4.4 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Salies-de-Béarn Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 4,742 | 6.6 | A− | B− | A | C− |
| Peyrehorade | 3,700 | 8.8 | C | C | B− | C |
| Orthez Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 10,881 | 9.4 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 9.9 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Dax | 22,109 | 11 | D | C | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Habas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Habas grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Habas is a commune of 1,489 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans. 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.