Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 409 residents, it is a town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Gein is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Gein as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Lau, in Duhort-Bachen, 7.7 mi away.
30% 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 Saint-Gein.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, near Landes’ towns (8.9%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). 27% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 20% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Gein | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 1.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Saint-Gein has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €23,710 a year per consumption unit.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 17 homes in Saint-Gein.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Saint-Gein. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Gein is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Gein.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gein | 409 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan | 2,508 | 3.9 | — | B− | — | B |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour | 6,211 | 9.4 | B+ | B+ | B− | C− |
| Mont-de-Marsan | 31,592 | 9.8 | C+ | B− | D | B− |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | 10,092 | 10 | B+ | C+ | B | B+ |
| Saint-Sever | 5,043 | 14 | A | B+ | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Gein is a commune of 409 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais. 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) · 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.