Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 3,142 residents, it is a town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health is a strength (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is jobs & income — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,117/m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate. It is hard to get around without a car (C): 32% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Rion-des-Landes has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Rion-des-Landes 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.
Rion-des-Landes has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rion-des-Landes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jacques, in Tartas, 8.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Rion-des-Landes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rion-des-Landes.
Median disposable income is €24,260 a year for each consumption unit. At the census, 7.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
28% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Landes’ towns (28%) and above compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. Typical age in Rion-des-Landes: 49.9, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Rion-des-Landes | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 389 residents of Rion-des-Landes died, against 394 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Rion-des-Landes is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 15.4 mi away. Average lifespans in Landes: 85.5 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 2 GPs practise here.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,117/m²: 86 houses and apartments sold in Rion-des-Landes between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 95% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,117/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #26 of 31 in Landes. A collège lies 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 50 | 90%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 28 offenses in Rion-des-Landes. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 5.7. More of the graded crimes locally were family violence than anything else (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, 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 (28.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, heritage and gardens in and near Rion-des-Landes. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Rion-des-Landes.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rion-des-Landes is a commune of 3,142 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rion-des-Landes | 3,142 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle | 5,022 | 7.8 | C | B− | B− | D |
| Tartas | 3,169 | 9 | A− | B | B+ | C |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour | 3,021 | 9 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Castets | 2,516 | 11 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 12 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 14 | C | C− | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rion-des-Landes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns and #26 of 31 in Landes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,117/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rion-des-Landes grades C+ for cost of living.
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.