Middle of the road on almost everything. Peyrehorade grades C overall, better than just over a quarter of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #24 of 29 in Landes. It also trails on cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B− for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
How Peyrehorade grades
Each subject compares Peyrehorade 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Peyrehorade.
History
Peyrehorade is rich in protected monuments: 14 per 10,000 residents, more than Landes’ towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Landes’ towns (3.6%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 4 of 5.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C
Homes in Peyrehorade cost less than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €2,148/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Peyrehorade sell for €1,832/m², houses for €2,364/m². The sales split: 68% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 120 homes were sold in the town.
€2,148/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Peyrehorade€2,148/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Landes median€3,172/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,364/m²
82
Apartments
€1,832/m²
38
€12.65/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.70 to €16.50/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Peyrehorade hold a degree than in Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 21%
17% are under 15, higher than Landes’ towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 28% of residents are 65 or older. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.5%.
46.7median age
PeyrehoradeLandes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Peyrehorade sees 94 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Landes’ towns and compared French towns
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 506 deaths in Peyrehorade from 2016 to 2025; there were 626, 24% more. The nearest emergency department to Peyrehorade is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 11.5 mi away. 4 GPs practise in the town.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Peyrehorade · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Dax
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Dax
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Peyrehorade ranks above 55% of compared French towns for crime per resident
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Peyrehorade (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.5. Jobs outnumber working residents in Peyrehorade (2,200 to 1,300): it draws people in from around. Over 2025, Peyrehorade logged 68 recorded offenses.
10.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage26
Family violence15
Theft from vehicles11
Other physical violence9
Sexual violence7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence26
Fraud21
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.
10.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
68
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 3.2% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
94.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #29 of 31 in Landes on results. The bac pass rate near Peyrehorade is 86.5%, below Landes’ towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Collège pupils travel 0.7 mi to the nearest one.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Peyrehorade
Is Peyrehorade safe?
It grades B− for safety, #19 of 29 in Landes.
Are schools in Peyrehorade good?
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #29 of 31 in Landes. 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.
Is Peyrehorade expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.65/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Peyrehorade grades C for cost of living.
About Peyrehorade
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Peyrehorade is a commune of 3,700 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
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.
