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A town of 1,073 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is walkability (D). Prices are high against local incomes (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 41% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Orthevielle 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.
Each subject compares Orthevielle 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.
Orthevielle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Orthevielle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien prieuré d'Arthous, in Hastingues, 2.5 mi away.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orthevielle.
Unemployment stood at 7.2%, below both Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.0% of commuters travelled at the census. Orthevielle has 200 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
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.
Average lifespans in Landes: 85.5 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 74 deaths in Orthevielle between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 101: 27% below. The nearest emergency department to Orthevielle is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 11.8 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.97/m² a month. Sales in Orthevielle from July 2023 to June 2026: 26 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Orthevielle, 86.5% passed the bac, below Landes’ towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. A collège lies 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Pays d'OrtheNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 121 | 94%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean TarisNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 47 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.1%, lower than both Landes’ towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. Among adults, 25% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Orthevielle | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Orthevielle. Best known first.
Nothing in Orthevielle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Orthevielle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orthevielle | 1,073 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Peyrehorade | 3,700 | 2.2 | C | C | B− | C |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 8.1 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne | 3,089 | 9.6 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 8,014 | 11 | C | D | B− | C+ |
| Dax | 22,109 | 11 | D | C | D− | D |
| Urcuit Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3,047 | 11 | — | C+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Orthevielle 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 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns. 98% of 47 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Taris in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Orthevielle is a commune of 1,073 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans. 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) · 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.