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A town of 1,430 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Labatut has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,946/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% 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 Labatut does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Labatut 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 Labatut as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Gisement préhistorique dit Grotte Duruthy, in Sorde-l'Abbaye, 2.9 mi away.
24% 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 Labatut.
700 jobs are based in Labatut, for 600 working residents (1.2 per worker). The census found 3.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €23,980 a year per consumption unit, below Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Unemployment runs at 12.0%.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Labatut is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 11.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 164 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 127, 22% fewer. Also worth knowing: women in Landes live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Landes town has 3 family doctors.
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 B− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,946/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in Labatut from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 47 homes were sold here. A house rents for an estimated €10.97/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,000/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, below Landes’ towns (28%) but above compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Labatut | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Labatut is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Labatut 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labatut | 1,430 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 3.9 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Peyrehorade | 3,700 | 5.6 | C | C | B− | C |
| Salies-de-Béarn Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 4,742 | 6.5 | A− | B− | A | C− |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 10 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Dax | 22,109 | 11 | D | C | D− | D |
| Orthez Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 10,881 | 12 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Labatut has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,946/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Labatut grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Labatut is a commune of 1,430 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.