Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,183 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Labenne grades C+ overall: better than 40% of compared French towns, and #19 of 29 in Landes. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Labenne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Labenne 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Labenne has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2014.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Labenne.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Labenne sell for €3,937/m², houses for €4,897/m². The estimated advertised rent is €15.79/m² a month, above both Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 333 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,897/m² | 167 |
| Apartments | €3,937/m² | 166 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 0.7 mi away. Results rank its schools #6 of 31 in Landes.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gisèle HalimiNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 96%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Jobs based in Labenne number 2,100, against 3,250 residents in work (0.6 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,720 a year per consumption unit. Also worth knowing: nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Labenne; none is classé, France’s top protection. 1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Over 2025, Labenne logged 134 recorded offenses. Graded property crimes ran at 15.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its two care homes for older people (16 places) count their residents as Labenne’s; allowing for them, deaths were 10% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 637 residents of Labenne died, against 691 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Labenne is Ch de Dax Antenne Saisonniere Smur Hossegor, 7.9 mi away. Life expectancy in Landes: 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, near Landes’ towns (8.9%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Labenne | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Family days out, other places to visit and museums in and near Labenne. Best known first.
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Labenne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Labenne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labenne | 7,183 | — | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
| Ondres | 6,533 | 2.2 | B | D | B | A− |
| Capbreton | 9,184 | 3.4 | C− | D− | D | C+ |
| Tarnos | 12,957 | 4.1 | B | D | B− | B+ |
| Bénesse-Maremne | 3,780 | 4.5 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx | 6,238 | 4.7 | B | D | B | B− |
| Soorts-Hossegor | 3,817 | 5 | B− | D− | D− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #21 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #6 of 31 in Landes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Labenne grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Labenne is a commune of 7,183 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) · 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.