Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,493 residents and lies in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Oeyreluy 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 Oeyreluy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Oeyreluy 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.
Oeyreluy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Oeyreluy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Oeyreluy. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Borda4.6 km northeast, in Dax
MuseumMusée de l'aviation légère de l'armée de Terre et de l'hélicoptère2.4 km northeast, in DaxFortFortEnceinte gallo-romaine de Dax4.7 km northeast, in DaxChâteauChâteauDomaine du Sarrat3.9 km northeast, in DaxMuseumMuseumMusée Georgette-Dupouy4.5 km northeast, in DaxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oeyreluy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in Oeyreluy. Average lifespans in Landes: 85.5 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 88 residents of Oeyreluy died, against 146 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% fewer.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,752/m²: 35 houses and apartments sold in Oeyreluy between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,752/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
13% are under 15, below Landes’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a quarter of residents. Degrees are held by 34% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Oeyreluy | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3.5% of homes date from before 1919. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Oeyreluy, 94.8% passed the bac, close to Landes’ towns (94.2%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Jacques de Compostelle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 96%±0 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Jacques de Compostelle PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 150 | 98%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €28,040 a year per consumption unit, above Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 7.4% of Oeyreluy’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Oeyreluy was criminal damage (2025). All told, Oeyreluy had 6 recorded offenses in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.6 violent offenses and 8 graded property crimes a year.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (48.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Oeyreluy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: F. Ducamp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Oeyreluy yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oeyreluy | 1,493 | — | — | C | — | A+ |
| Dax | 22,109 | 2.4 | D | C | D− | D |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 3.8 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 4 | C | C− | C | B |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 6.2 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 7 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne | 3,089 | 7.5 | — | C− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Oeyreluy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns. 98% of 150 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Jacques de Compostelle 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.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,752/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Oeyreluy grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Oeyreluy is a commune of 1,493 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.