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In Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 3,021 residents.
At €2,417/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate. The weak point is walkability (C): 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Pontonx-sur-l'Adour has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Pontonx-sur-l'Adour does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 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.
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pontonx-sur-l'Adour as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jacques, in Tartas, 6.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pontonx-sur-l'Adour.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 4.1% of commuters at the census. The median disposable income was €25,890 a year per consumption unit, in line with 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Landes can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Its two care homes for older people (71 places) count their residents as Pontonx-sur-l'Adour’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 401 residents of Pontonx-sur-l'Adour died, against 355 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% more. The nearest emergency department to Pontonx-sur-l'Adour is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 7.7 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,417/m²: 82 houses and apartments sold in Pontonx-sur-l'Adour between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 94% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,427/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, close to Landes’ towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 25% of the population. Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Pontonx-sur-l'Adour is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Pontonx-sur-l'Adour.
Jean Félix Pédegert: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour | 3,021 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 4 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Tartas | 3,169 | 7 | A− | B | B+ | C |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 7.4 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 7.6 | C | C− | C | B |
| Dax | 22,109 | 8.5 | D | C | D− | D |
| Rion-des-Landes | 3,142 | 9 | — | C+ | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,417/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Pontonx-sur-l'Adour grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour is a commune of 3,021 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate. 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 9, 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.