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A town of 1,642 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Pomarez has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,747/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Coteaux et Vallées des Luys. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 1 job per working resident; 6.9% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Pomarez does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pomarez 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 Pomarez as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Sourdis, in Gaujacq, 3.7 mi away.
19% 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 Pomarez.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.7% of residents, lower than both Landes’ towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). At 50.4, the median resident of Pomarez sits in the middle of the age range. Under 15: 16% of residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
| Pomarez | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 6.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, near Landes’ towns (9.7%) and lower than compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Pomarez: 650, for 650 residents in work (1 each). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,700 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,747/m², comes from 34 sales of houses and apartments in Pomarez from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.59/m² a month. The sales split: 88% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,753/m² | 30 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Pomarez is Centre hospitalier Orthez, 10.1 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 333 residents of Pomarez died, against 270 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% more. Its care home for older people (89 places) counts its residents as Pomarez’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. 4 GPs practise locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Nothing in Pomarez is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Pomarez as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomarez | 1,642 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 8.4 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Orthez Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 10,881 | 9.8 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 10 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Salies-de-Béarn Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 4,742 | 12 | A− | B− | A | C− |
| Hagetmau | 4,624 | 12 | A | B+ | A | C |
| Dax | 22,109 | 12 | D | C | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pomarez has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,747/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pomarez grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pomarez is a commune of 1,642 people in the Communauté de communes Coteaux et Vallées des Luys. 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.