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A town of 1,826 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saubion has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Saubion does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saubion 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 Saubion as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Saint-Martin-de-Hinx, 7.3 mi away.
4.1% 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 Saubion.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €14.89/m² a month. Sales in Saubion from July 2023 to June 2026: 59 houses and apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €12.96/m² a month, about level with both Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,555/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
5.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 7.9%, below Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per resident in work, Saubion counts 0.3 jobs (200 jobs, 850 workers).
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 a family doctor, residents of Saubion have one GP on hand. Life expectancy at birth in Landes is 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 105 residents of Saubion died, against 131 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer.
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 C+ to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Saubion, 97.0% passed the bac, above both Landes’ towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Élisabeth et Robert BadinterNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée Sud des LandesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 424 | 97%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below Landes’ towns (28%) and close to compared French towns (22%). 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saubion | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saubion. Best known first.
Nothing in Saubion is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Saubion.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saubion | 1,826 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Tosse | 3,556 | 1.4 | B+ | D | A+ | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 8,014 | 2.2 | C | D | B− | C+ |
| Seignosse | 4,056 | 2.4 | C− | D− | D | B |
| Bénesse-Maremne | 3,780 | 2.9 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Soorts-Hossegor | 3,817 | 3.6 | B− | D− | D− | A− |
| Capbreton | 9,184 | 4.7 | C− | D− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saubion has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns. 97% of 424 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Sud des Landes in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saubion grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saubion is a commune of 1,826 people in the Communauté de communes Maremne Adour Côte Sud. 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.