Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,741 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Sanguinet grades B overall: better than 56% of compared French towns, and #13 of 29 in Landes. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Sanguinet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sanguinet 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sanguinet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église du Vieux Lugo, in Lugos, 12.5 mi away.
3.4% 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 Sanguinet.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 47 offenses in the graded categories in Sanguinet in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Sanguinet ranks 2nd of the 29 compared towns in Landes. For other physical violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 6.3% of the index here.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Sanguinet is above both Landes’ towns (€3,172/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,914/m² | 142 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Sanguinet comes above both Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970). Sanguinet has 750 jobs for 2,000 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Unemployment stands at 8.3%.
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.
For Sanguinet, that is below both Landes’ towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 367 residents of Sanguinet died, against 417 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Sanguinet sits below both Landes’ towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Sanguinet | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and family days out in and near Sanguinet. Best known first.
MuseumMusée archéologique municipal de Sanguinetin townZooZooAu Paradis du Papillonin townMuseumMuseumConcervatoire des Landes de Gascognein townPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Sanguinet 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 Sanguinet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanguinet | 4,741 | — | B | D | A | B |
| Biscarrosse | 15,836 | 7.4 | C+ | D | C+ | B |
| Parentis-en-Born | 7,586 | 9.3 | C− | C− | B+ | D |
| La Teste-de-Buch Gironde | 27,566 | 9.7 | C− | D | C− | B |
| Le Teich Gironde | 9,180 | 10 | B− | C− | A | C+ |
| Gujan-Mestras Gironde | 22,153 | 10 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Salles Gironde | 8,208 | 11 | B− | C− | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #2 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.72/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sanguinet grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sanguinet is a commune of 4,741 people in the Communauté de communes des Grands Lacs. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.