Crime runs high: an average of 12.9 recorded violent incidents and 20.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With a C+ overall, Mont-de-Marsan is better than 43% of compared French towns. That places it #17 of 29 in Landes. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,114/m² takes 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Mont de Marsan Agglomération. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools, B− for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Mont-de-Marsan 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.
Ancienne prison: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne Maison romane: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison romane: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne Chapelle romane: Photo: Florent Pécassou · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mont-de-Marsan.
Safety
Crime per resident in Mont-de-Marsan runs higher than in 88% of compared French towns
12.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Police and gendarmerie recorded 1,067 offenses in Mont-de-Marsan in 2025. With 24,100 jobs for 13,100 working residents, Mont-de-Marsan draws people in from neighbouring communes. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage360
Other physical violence224
Theft from vehicles131
Burglary109
Sexual violence100
Family violence83
Vehicle theft60
Theft without violence393
Fraud185
Drug use108
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
20.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,067
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
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 · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.1% of the index here. 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
On foot, Mont-de-Marsan works better than 87% of compared French towns
20%walk, cycle or take transit
Median disposable income comes to €24,650 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 19.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 11.3% of people in the labour force have no job.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot10%
Bicycle6%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
24,100
jobs based in Mont-de-Marsan, 1.8 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,650
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
12 historic monuments, 1 classé
12historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Mont-de-Marsan is Ancienne prison. 3.2% of homes were built before 1919. Per 10,000 residents, Mont-de-Marsan counts 3.8 protected monuments.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 3.3 points below the expected rate
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Mont-de-Marsan is 94.7%, about level with Landes’ towns (94.2%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 0.7 mi away. On results, collèges and lycées here come #23 of 31 in Landes.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Buying in Mont-de-Marsan costs less than in Landes’ towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €2,114/m²
€2,114/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.95/m² a month, lower than both Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 1,334 houses and apartments changed hands in Mont-de-Marsan from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 59% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mont-de-Marsan€2,114/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Landes median€3,172/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,098/m²
787
Apartments
€2,122/m²
547
€10.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.95 to €13.40/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,620
median annual income per consumption unit, Mont de Marsan Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Mont-de-Marsan sees more deaths than 52% of compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its six care homes for older people (393 places) count their residents as Mont-de-Marsan’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 3,223 residents of Mont-de-Marsan died, about as many as the 3,210 expected from France’s death rates at each age. In Landes, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The town has 27 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
27
GPs in Mont-de-Marsan · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources
0.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Alain Juppé: Florencecassisi, CC BY 4.0 · Joël Bats: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pierre Joseph François Bosquet: Horace Vernet, Public domain · Jacques Foix: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hélène Darroze: User:Arnaud 25 & Hélène Darroze, Public domain
About Mont-de-Marsan
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mont-de-Marsan is a commune of 31,592 people in the Mont de Marsan Agglomération. 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
Population
31,592 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Mont de Marsan Agglomération
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
14.1 sq mi (36.6 km²)
INSEE code
40192
Mont-de-Marsan’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mont-de-Marsan
Is Mont-de-Marsan safe?
It grades D for safety, #25 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 109 burglaries and 360 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mont-de-Marsan good?
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #23 of 31 in Landes. The lycée stands out: 98% of 364 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Charles Despiau in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mont-de-Marsan expensive to live in?
By type: houses €2,098/m² (787 sales), apartments €2,122/m² (547 sales). Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mont-de-Marsan grades B− for cost of living.
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.
