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Population 1,246: a town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At the median price of €2,643/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans. Getting around depends on the car: 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Lon-les-Mines has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Lon-les-Mines 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.
Saint-Lon-les-Mines has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Lon-les-Mines as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien prieuré d'Arthous, in Hastingues, 6.2 mi away.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Lon-les-Mines 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 Saint-Lon-les-Mines.
Jobs located in Saint-Lon-les-Mines: 300, for 550 residents in work (0.6 each). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.3% of commuters travelled at the census. The median disposable income was €25,590 a year per consumption unit, near both 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.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saint-Lon-les-Mines records 97 deaths per 100 expected. 117 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 121: 3% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Lon-les-Mines is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 7.8 mi away. Life expectancy in Landes: 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, close to Landes’ towns (28%) and above compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Saint-Lon-les-Mines is 50.1 years old. 31% of adults hold a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Lon-les-Mines | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
30 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Lon-les-Mines, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,643/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,643/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Saint-Lon-les-Mines. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Lon-les-Mines yet.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Lon-les-Mines is a commune of 1,246 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lon-les-Mines | 1,246 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Peyrehorade | 3,700 | 4.7 | C | C | B− | C |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 6.5 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne | 3,089 | 6.9 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Dax | 22,109 | 7.1 | D | C | D− | D |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 8.1 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 8.6 | C | C− | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Lon-les-Mines has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 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 €2,643/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Lon-les-Mines 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 8, 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.