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A town of 3,387 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Narrosse grades B+ overall: better than 65% of compared French towns, and #8 of 29 in Landes. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,636/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Narrosse 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Narrosse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Enceinte gallo-romaine, in Dax, 2.1 mi away.
3.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Narrosse. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Borda3.6 km northwest, in Dax
MuseumMusée de l'aviation légère de l'armée de Terre et de l'hélicoptère4.2 km west, in DaxFortFortEnceinte gallo-romaine de Dax3.4 km northwest, in DaxChâteauChâteauDomaine du Sarrat3 km west, in DaxMuseumMuseumMusée Georgette-Dupouy3.5 km west, in DaxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Narrosse.
The graded crime recorded most in Narrosse was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Narrosse show 64 offenses in 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crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 9.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Jobs located in Narrosse: 1,200, for 1,300 residents in work (0.9 each). 9.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below Landes’ towns (11.1%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Narrosse didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 318 deaths in Narrosse from 2016 to 2025; there were 258, 19% fewer. Life expectancy in Landes: 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,636/m²: 84 houses and apartments sold in Narrosse between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,678/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.1% of the town. 27% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Landes’ towns (28%) and above compared French towns (22%). Narrosse has a median age of 49.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Narrosse | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #27 of 31 in Landes.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège d'AlbretNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 89%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent de BordaNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 523 | 96%−1 pt |
| Collège Danielle MitterrandBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 156 | 97%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Narrosse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Narrosse.
André Darrigade: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Fotopersbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 - negatiefstroken zwart/wit, nummer toegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 911-3766, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narrosse | 3,387 | — | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Dax | 22,109 | 2.1 | D | C | D− | D |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 3.3 | C | C− | C | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 4.1 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 6.3 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour | 3,021 | 7.4 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne | 3,089 | 11 | — | C− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #7 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #27 of 31 in Landes. 96% of 523 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent de Borda in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,636/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Narrosse grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Narrosse is a commune of 3,387 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax. 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.