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A town of 1,079 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Onesse-Laharie’s weakest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 20% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Onesse-Laharie 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 2 things Onesse-Laharie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Onesse-Laharie 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.
Onesse-Laharie has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Onesse-Laharie has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2025.
Charles Cadilhon, born in 1876, is the one person born in Onesse-Laharie before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Onesse-Laharie.
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 6% of residents. 13% are under 15, below both Landes’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 26% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Onesse-Laharie | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €2,405/m², lower than Landes’ towns (€3,172/m²) and near compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €9.70/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 38 homes in Onesse-Laharie.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,352/m² | 36 |
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.
261 deaths in Onesse-Laharie between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 200: 30% above. The nearest emergency department to Onesse-Laharie is Ch Mont de Marsan Antenne Smur de Labouheyre, 12.2 mi away. Women in Landes live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has one family doctor.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
At the census, 9.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €24,930 a year per consumption unit. 10.1% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Onesse-Laharie is Monument aux morts. Protection here reaches back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Onesse-Laharie has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Onesse-Laharie.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onesse-Laharie | 1,079 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle | 5,022 | 7.6 | C | B− | B− | D |
| Rion-des-Landes | 3,142 | 12 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Labouheyre | 2,906 | 12 | B− | C+ | B− | C |
| Castets | 2,516 | 13 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Mimizan | 7,673 | 14 | C− | D | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Onesse-Laharie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Onesse-Laharie grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Onesse-Laharie is a commune of 1,079 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Morcenais. 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 November 4, 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.