Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,533 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Ondres grades B overall: better than 57% of compared French towns, and #12 of 29 in Landes. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Ondres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ondres 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 Ondres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison dite de Dagourette ou Musée Basque, in Bayonne, 5.2 mi away.
3.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Family days out, other places to visit and heritage in and near Ondres. Best known first.
ZooZoo de Labenne2.7 km north, in LabenneAttractionAttractionIZi Rider3.4 km north, in LabenneTheme parkTheme parkPlanète Parcs3.2 km southwest, in TarnosTheme parkTheme parkAquatic Landes3.4 km north, in LabenneTheme parkTheme parkAccrobranche Parc Robinson3.4 km north, in LabenneMuseumMuseumParcc3.8 km northeast, in LabennePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ondres.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Ondres goes for €4,286/m², an apartment for €4,048/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.71/m² a month, above both Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 54% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,286/m² | 142 |
| Apartments | €4,048/m² | 123 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 400 residents of Ondres died, against 533 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Landes is 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Landes town has 7 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away. Ranked by results, schools here are #13 of 31 in Landes.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gisèle HalimiNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 96%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Ambroise CroizatNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 89 | 91%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Ondres was criminal damage (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 14.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.9 (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 120 offenses in the town.
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
6.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 800 jobs are based in Ondres, for 2,950 working residents (0.3 per worker). The unemployment rate comes to 9.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.2%, close to Landes’ towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Residents of Ondres have a median age of 45.8.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Ondres | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Ondres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Ondres.
Jean Duhau: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain · Pierre E. Lamaison: Henri Lamaison, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ondres | 6,533 | — | B | D | B | A− |
| Tarnos | 12,957 | 1.9 | B | D | B− | B+ |
| Labenne | 7,183 | 2.2 | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
| Boucau Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 8,968 | 3.1 | C | D | B | C+ |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx | 6,238 | 3.6 | B | D | B | B− |
| Bayonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 54,306 | 5.1 | C+ | D | D | B |
| Capbreton | 9,184 | 5.6 | C− | D− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #13 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns and #13 of 31 in Landes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ondres grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ondres is a commune of 6,533 people in the Communauté de communes du Seignanx. 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.