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A town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 633 people.
There are no grades for Sainte-Colombe: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sainte-Colombe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Girons, in Hagetmau, 2.6 mi away.
17% 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 Sainte-Colombe.
The 15-to-24 age group: 9.5%, between Landes’ towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. Half the people of Sainte-Colombe are older than 49.2.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sainte-Colombe | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Sainte-Colombe number 100, against 300 residents in work (0.3 per worker). Unemployment stood at 8.4%, below both Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.8% of working residents in Sainte-Colombe didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.5 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 13.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Marie LonnéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 100%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.65/m² a month. The market in Sainte-Colombe: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sainte-Colombe is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Colombe yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe | 633 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hagetmau | 4,624 | 2.6 | A | B+ | A | C |
| Saint-Sever | 5,043 | 5.1 | A | B+ | A | C− |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | 10,092 | 14 | B+ | C+ | B | B+ |
| Mont-de-Marsan | 31,592 | 15 | C+ | B− | D | B− |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour | 6,211 | 15 | B+ | B+ | B− | C− |
| Tartas | 3,169 | 16 | A− | B | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sainte-Colombe is a commune of 633 people in the Communauté de communes Chalosse Tursan. 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.