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A town of 1,659 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Saubrigues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% 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 one thing Saubrigues does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saubrigues 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saubrigues 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, 3.2 mi away.
14% 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 Saubrigues.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saubrigues is Ch de Dax Antenne Saisonniere Smur Hossegor, 8.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 130 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 90, 31% fewer. In Landes, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 3 GPs practise locally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.75/m² a month, above both Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Saubrigues from July 2023 to June 2026: 52 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,710/m² | 52 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Saubrigues has 250 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 3.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 7.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 37% of adults, above Landes’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents. Half of Saubrigues is older than 48, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saubrigues | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Gardens and heritage in and near Saubrigues. Best known first.
Nothing in Saubrigues is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saubrigues as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saubrigues | 1,659 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Bénesse-Maremne | 3,780 | 3 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 8,014 | 4.1 | C | D | B− | C+ |
| Tosse | 3,556 | 5.9 | B+ | D | A+ | B |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx | 6,238 | 5.9 | B | D | B | B− |
| Labenne | 7,183 | 6 | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
| Capbreton | 9,184 | 6 | C− | D− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saubrigues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saubrigues grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saubrigues is a commune of 1,659 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.