Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx’s best grade is for schools: brevet results at the expected rate. Work and incomes are strong: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 7.7% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to a B overall, better than 59% of compared French towns. It ranks #11 of 29 in Landes. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for health.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx 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.
Château de Saint-Martin: Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx.
HousingCost of living D
A home in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx sells for €3,975/m², more than in both Landes’ towns and compared French towns
€3,975/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx goes for €4,066/m², an apartment for €3,911/m². The estimated advertised rent is €13.97/m² a month, above both Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €12.70/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx€3,975/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Landes median€3,172/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,066/m²
111
Apartments
€3,911/m²
63
€13.97/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.15 to €16.06/m² a month)
10.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,930
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Seignanx
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx has lower unemployment than Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 7.7%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
6.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income is €26,690 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
2,300
jobs based in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx, 0.8 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx ranks below 62% of compared French towns for crime per resident
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.4 cases of violence against people and 14.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx logged 101 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage41
Burglary25
Family violence19
Sexual violence8
Theft from vehicles8
Armed robbery0
Fraud34
Theft without violence14
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
101
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
2 historic monuments, none of them classé
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. Before 1919: that is when 8.6% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 35% of adults
45.9median age
Retirement age and beyond: 25% of residents are 65 or older. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4% of the town, above Landes’ towns (8.9%) but below compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx is 45.9.
Saint-Martin-de-SeignanxLandes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx sees more deaths than 50% of compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its four care homes for older people (175 places) count their residents as Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 752 residents of Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx died, against 677 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Average lifespans in Landes: 85.5 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx can choose among 9 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Belharra
5.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Belharra
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx is a commune of 6,238 people in the Communauté de communes du Seignanx. 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
6,238 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Seignanx
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
17.7 sq mi (45.8 km²)
INSEE code
40273
Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx
Is Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx safe?
It grades B for safety, #11 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 41 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx good?
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns and #11 of 31 in Landes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx grades D for cost of living.
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