Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 7,586 residents in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Parentis-en-Born’s overall grade of C− puts it better than 24% of compared French towns, #27 of 29 in Landes. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on cost of living as well — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its best grade is for safety: an average of 9.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Parentis-en-Born does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Parentis-en-Born 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Parentis-en-Born as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église prieurale, in Mimizan, 13.1 mi away.
3.8% 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 Parentis-en-Born.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Landes, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Parentis-en-Born records 104 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Landes’ towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 791 residents of Parentis-en-Born died, against 695 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. The nearest emergency department to Parentis-en-Born is Ch Mont de Marsan Antenne Saisonniere Smur Biscarrosse, 11.2 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 · 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.
Houses in Parentis-en-Born sell for €3,219/m² and apartments for €2,818/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 298 homes were sold in the town. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €12.54/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,219/m² | 252 |
| Apartments | €2,818/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Parentis-en-Born, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Recorded offenses in the town came to 140 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 · When vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #31 of 31 in Landes on results. At the general lycée, 98% of 287 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 173 | 81%−6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 287 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, between Landes’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 17% of residents. Half of Parentis-en-Born is older than 46.8, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Parentis-en-Born | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents in Parentis-en-Born at the census. Unemployment stands at 9.9%. The median disposable income was €26,360 a year per consumption unit, about level with both Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Parentis-en-Born is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Parentis-en-Born.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parentis-en-Born | 7,586 | — | C− | C− | B+ | D |
| Biscarrosse | 15,836 | 6.2 | C+ | D | C+ | B |
| Sanguinet | 4,741 | 9.3 | B | D | A | B |
| Labouheyre | 2,906 | 12 | B− | C+ | B− | C |
| Mimizan | 7,673 | 13 | C− | D | C− | B− |
| Salles Gironde | 8,208 | 17 | B− | C− | A | B+ |
| Belin-Béliet Gironde | 6,275 | 17 | C+ | C | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #9 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 35% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.13/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Parentis-en-Born grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Parentis-en-Born is a commune of 7,586 people in the Communauté de communes des Grands Lacs. 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.