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Home to 1,237 people, this town lies in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At €2,029/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate. The weak point is walkability (D) — 41% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. The median sale price is €2,029/m².
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Meilhan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Meilhan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Meilhan 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.
Meilhan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Meilhan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jacques, in Tartas, 5.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meilhan.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.3% of commuters at the census. Unemployment stood at 9.0%, lower than both Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,330 a year per consumption unit.
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.
In Landes, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 95 residents of Meilhan died, against 101 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Meilhan is Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources, 11.2 mi away. This Landes town has 2 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Landes’ towns (28%). Under-15s account for 18% of the population. The middle age in Meilhan is 46.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Meilhan | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
30 houses and apartments changed hands in Meilhan from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.55/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,029/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.9 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in Meilhan was other physical violence (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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Nothing in Meilhan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Meilhan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meilhan | 1,237 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Tartas | 3,169 | 5.3 | A− | B | B+ | C |
| Saint-Sever | 5,043 | 9.5 | A | B+ | A | C− |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | 10,092 | 9.8 | B+ | C+ | B | B+ |
| Mont-de-Marsan | 31,592 | 11 | C+ | B− | D | B− |
| Rion-des-Landes | 3,142 | 12 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour | 3,021 | 12 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Meilhan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Meilhan grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Meilhan is a commune of 1,237 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate. 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.