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A town of 1,018 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Josse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 42% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Josse 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 Josse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Saint-Martin-de-Hinx, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Josse.
Jobs based in Josse number 300, against 450 residents in work (0.6 per worker). At the census, 3.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,060 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.5% of residents, lower than both Landes’ towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 20% of residents are under 15. The middle age in Josse is 43.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Josse | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Josse is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 10.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 58 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 55, 6% fewer. Average lifespans in Landes: 85.5 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €10.97/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 26 homes were sold in Josse.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Josse. Best known first.
Nothing in Josse 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 Josse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josse | 1,018 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne | 3,089 | 2.9 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 8,014 | 4 | C | D | B− | C+ |
| Tosse | 3,556 | 6.2 | B+ | D | A+ | B |
| Bénesse-Maremne | 3,780 | 7 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Seignosse | 4,056 | 8.6 | C− | D− | D | B |
| Peyrehorade | 3,700 | 8.8 | C | C | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Josse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Josse is a commune of 1,018 people in the Communauté de communes Maremne Adour Côte Sud. 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) · 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.