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A town of 1,894 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Hinx has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,336/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Terres de Chalosse. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% 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 Hinx does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hinx 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 1 historic monument in Hinx, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hinx.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Hinx. Life expectancy at birth in Landes is 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 136 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 221: 38% below.
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.
450 jobs are based in Hinx, for 750 working residents (0.6 per worker). Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Landes’ towns (11.1%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 2.0% of working residents in Hinx to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to Landes’ towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 27% of adults. Line up the people of Hinx by age and the one in the middle is 50.4.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Hinx | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
8.2% of homes were built before 1919. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
60 sales of houses and apartments in Hinx, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,336/m². Of the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,336/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Hinx. Best known first.
Hinx has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Hinx as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinx | 1,894 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 4 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 4.8 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour | 3,021 | 5.8 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Dax | 22,109 | 6 | D | C | D− | D |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 6.6 | C | C− | C | B |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 7.5 | — | C | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hinx has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 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 €2,336/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Hinx grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Hinx is a commune of 1,894 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
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.