Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Moustey has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0

Inscrit3

11th c.

oldest protected part

1973

first monument protected

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Age of homes30% built before 1919 · Older homes Map3 historic monuments Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Moustey?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Moustey than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults

Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below both Landes’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 8.9% of residents.

44.7median age

MousteyLandes medianFrance median

Landes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

21%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%

CAP or BEP28%

Baccalauréat18%

Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 82 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Moustey
	Moustey	Landes median	France median
Under 15	14%	15%	17%
15–24	8.9%	8.9%	11%
25–44	27%	21%	23%
45–64	29%	27%	26%
65+	21%	28%	22%
No diploma	27%	16%	19%
CAP or BEP	28%	27%	26%
Baccalauréat	18%	20%	18%
Higher education	22%	28%	30%

Full pageMoustey’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages44.7 median age · 21% are 65 or over Households360 households · 2.1 people per household Born abroad5.3% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Moustey?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Moustey than in Landes’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,530 a year per consumption unit

12.5% of the labour force were unemployed, above Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Moustey holds 250 jobs; 350 of its residents are in work, so 0.8 jobs each. Bus, tram or train carried 11.6% of working residents in Moustey to work at the census.

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%

Public transport12%

On foot1%

Bicycle1%

Motorbike or scooter1%

250

jobs based in Moustey, 0.8 per working resident

12.5%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€22,530

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Median income€22,530 a year · Median income per consumption unit Getting to work14% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here250 jobs based here · 0.8 per working resident

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Moustey than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.31/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Houses were 92% of what sold. Moustey recorded 25 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.31/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Moustey€10.31/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Landes median€13.01/m²

€10.31/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.24 to €12.90/m² a month)

€8.82/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageMoustey’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€10.31/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Location de canoës and 2 more in and around Moustey

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Moustey. Best known first.

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AttractionAttractionLocation de canoësin town AttractionAttractionSculpture LandArtin town ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Belhade4.3 km east, in Belhade

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Moustey

12pages on Moustey

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 14.2 mi away Work & commute250 jobs based here Housing25 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors100% of the commune is protected nature Attractions4 places to visit mapped in town ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 44.7 History3 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Moustey has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

All monuments →

Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de BiganonChurch · 11th c.

Église Saint-MartinChurch · 12th & 15th c.

Photo credits

Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Biganon: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Moustey

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Moustey yet.

How we find them →

Moustey’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Landes →

Belin-BélietSallesLabouheyreParentis-en-BornLe BarpSanguinetMoustey

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Moustey	798	—	—	—	—	—
Belin-Béliet Gironde	6,275	8.3	C⁺	C	A	C⁺
Salles Gironde	8,208	13	B⁻	C⁻	A	B⁺
Labouheyre	2,906	14	B⁻	C⁺	B⁻	C
Parentis-en-Born	7,586	16	C⁻	C⁻	B⁺	D
Le Barp Gironde	5,806	16	B⁺	C⁻	A⁻	C⁺
Sanguinet	4,741	17	B	D	A	B

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Moustey

Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Moustey is a commune of 798 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur Haute Lande. 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: 798 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Cœur Haute Lande
Département: Landes (40)
Région: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area: 26.1 sq mi (67.6 km²)
INSEE code: 40200

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.