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A town of 1,185 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Herm has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,601/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Herm does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Herm 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Herm as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Paul, in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, 7.1 mi away.
14% 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 Herm.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,640 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Herm holds 300 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,601/m², comes from 44 sales of houses and apartments in Herm from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.41/m² a month. Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,695/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
75 deaths in Herm between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 92: 18% below. The nearest emergency department to Herm is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 8.2 mi away. In Landes, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, lower than Landes’ towns (28%) and near compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population. The middle age in Herm is 47.2.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Herm | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Herm is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Herm yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herm | 1,185 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Magescq | 2,698 | 4.4 | B− | C | A | B− |
| Castets | 2,516 | 5.2 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 6.4 | C | C− | C | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 7.6 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Dax | 22,109 | 8.2 | D | C | D− | D |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 9.7 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Herm has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,601/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.86/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Herm grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Herm is a commune of 1,185 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax. 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.