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A town of 1,043 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Lesperon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,318/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays Morcenais. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% 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 Lesperon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lesperon 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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Lesperon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1970.
13% 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 Lesperon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Landes, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 91 deaths in Lesperon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 121: 25% below. The nearest emergency department to Lesperon is Ch Dax Antenne Saisonniere Smur Mimizan, 17.3 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Lesperon has 400 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.9 per worker. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 7.3% of commuters travelled at the census. Also worth knowing: the unemployment rate comes to 10.3%.
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, €2,318/m², comes from 40 sales of houses and apartments in Lesperon from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 40 homes were sold locally. Among the homes sold, 95% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,318/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, between Landes’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Lesperon by age and the one in the middle is 48.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lesperon | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Lesperon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Lesperon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Hilaire: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Lesperon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesperon | 1,043 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Castets | 2,516 | 6.9 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Rion-des-Landes | 3,142 | 8.3 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle | 5,022 | 9.4 | C | B− | B− | D |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour | 3,021 | 15 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Magescq | 2,698 | 15 | B− | C | A | B− |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 16 | B+ | C | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lesperon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 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 €2,318/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Lesperon grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lesperon is a commune of 1,043 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Morcenais. 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.