Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hastingues.
History
Hastingues keeps more of its old housing than Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Hastingues has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Ancien prieuré d'Arthous. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Hastingues than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 34% of adults
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8% of the town. 25% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Landes’ towns (28%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Hastingues has a median age of 49.2 years.
49.2median age
HastinguesLandes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Hastingues than in Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 7.3%
Jobs based in Hastingues number 300, against 250 residents in work (1.1 per worker). Bus, tram or train carried 2.6% of working residents in Hastingues to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,560 a year per consumption unit, close to both Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
300
jobs based in Hastingues, 1.1 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
94.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 0.7 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Hastingues, 86.5% passed the bac, below both Landes’ towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away.
Porte de ville: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Maison des Jurats: Photo: Traumrune · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Renaissance: Photo: Daniel Villafruela . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien prieuré d'Arthous: Photo: Sabadie65 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Hastingues
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Hastingues as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Hastingues
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Hastingues is a commune of 609 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
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.
