Buying in is costly (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, ranking #25 of 29 in Landes. On that grade it does better than 25% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Mimizan 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mimizan.
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Mimizan costs more than in both Landes’ towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €3,518/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Mimizan sell for €3,995/m², houses for €3,164/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €10.77/m² a month. The market here: 530 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€3,518/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mimizan€3,518/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Landes median€3,172/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,164/m²
309
Apartments
€3,995/m²
221
€13.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.07 to €17.58/m² a month)
9.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,760
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Mimizan
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 36% of people in Mimizan are 65 or over, more than in both Landes’ towns and compared French towns
11% are under 15, below both Landes’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.6% of the population. Among adults, 25% have a degree.
56.3median age
MimizanLandes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Mimizan than in 76% of compared French towns
Violence against people averaged 12.9 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 15.4. Recorded offenses in Mimizan came to 199 in 2025. With 3,550 jobs for 2,600 working residents, Mimizan draws people in from neighbouring communes. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
12.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage67
Family violence34
Sexual violence27
Other physical violence26
Theft from vehicles22
Burglary18
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence70
Drug use65
Fraud54
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.
12.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
199
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
History
Mimizan: 2 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Mimizan is Ancienne église prieurale. 3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with Landes’ towns (3.6%) and below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Mimizan are out of work than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 14.9%
The median disposable income was €24,630 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 4.5% of working residents in Mimizan at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot6%
Bicycle6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,550
jobs based in Mimizan, 1.4 per working resident
14.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Mimizan’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,215 residents of Mimizan died, about as many as the 1,216 expected from France’s death rates at each age. Its care home for older people (141 places) counts its residents as Mimizan’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Mimizan can choose among 8 GPs. Women in Landes live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Mimizan · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Dax Antenne Saisonniere Smur Mimizan
28.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Arcachon
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mimizan
Is Mimizan safe?
It grades C− for safety, #24 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 67 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mimizan good?
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns and #10 of 31 in Landes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mimizan expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.30/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Mimizan grades D for cost of living.
About Mimizan
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mimizan is a commune of 7,673 people in the Communauté de communes de Mimizan. 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
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.
