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776 people live in this town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Poyartin a good place to live?

Poyartin has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Église Saint-Barthélémy
Église Saint-Barthélémy · Inscrit · Photo: Ghislain118 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Poyartin’s story

Poyartin in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Poyartin; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1998.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1998First protected: Église Saint-Barthélémy
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Poyartin.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Poyartin than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults

The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.9% of residents. People 65 and over make up 26% of the town, below Landes’ towns (28%) but above compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here.

49.3median age
PoyartinLandes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Poyartin
PoyartinLandes medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–248.9%8.9%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+26%28%22%
No diploma19%16%19%
CAP or BEP34%27%26%
Baccalauréat23%20%18%
Higher education21%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Poyartin keeps more of its old housing than Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Poyartin; none is classé, France’s top protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
14th c.
oldest protected part
1998
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Poyartin has lower unemployment than Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 5.5%

2.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 50 jobs are based in Poyartin, for 350 working residents (0.2 per worker). At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Poyartin didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Poyartin, 0.2 per working resident
5.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,900
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

97.0% 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.

The closest collège is 2 mi off.

97.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Poyartin97.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Serge BarranxNearest collègeCollègeCollège10297%+1 pt
97.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1 pt against the expected rate
2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Poyartin than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.92/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Poyartin recorded 15 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.92/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Poyartin€10.92/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Landes median€13.01/m²
€10.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.75 to €13.61/m² a month)
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de la Chalosse and 3 more in and around Poyartin

Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Poyartin. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Poyartin

13pages on Poyartin

Landmarks

Poyartin has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Barthélémy: Photo: Ghislain118 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Poyartin

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Poyartin yet.

How we find them →

Poyartin’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Landes →
NarrossePontonx-sur-l'AdourSaint-Vincent-de-PaulPouillonDaxSaint-Paul-lès-DaxNarrossePontonx-sur-l'AdourSaint-Vincent-de-PaulPouillonDaxSaint-Paul-lès-DaxPoyartin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Poyartin776—————
Narrosse3,3877.3B+CA−B+
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour3,0217.6—C+—C+
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul3,4028B+CAB−
Pouillon3,1348.7—C—C+
Dax22,1099.3DCD−D
Saint-Paul-lès-Dax14,48110CC−CB

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Poyartin

Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Poyartin is a commune of 776 people in the Communauté de communes Terres de Chalosse. 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

Population
776 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terres de Chalosse
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
5 sq mi (13.1 km²)
INSEE code
40236

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.