Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,056 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Seignosse grades C− overall: better than 24% of compared French towns, and #26 of 29 in Landes. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 15.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (B+): brevet results a point below the expected rate.
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 Seignosse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Seignosse 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 Seignosse 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, 9.7 mi away.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Seignosse. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seignosse.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €16.07/m² a month, above both Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Seignosse sell for €5,475/m², houses for €6,855/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €14.89/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €6,855/m² | 246 |
| Apartments | €5,475/m² | 300 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On the Safety Grade, Seignosse ranks 27th of the 29 compared towns in Landes. The town’s tally for 2025: 171 recorded offenses. Violence against people ran at 11.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 27.2 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.6 mi away. Results rank its schools #17 of 31 in Landes.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Élisabeth et Robert BadinterNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 94%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
6.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Landes’ towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Under 15: 14% of residents. Over-65s are 29% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Seignosse | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.4% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Landes can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 466 residents of Seignosse died, against 495 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Seignosse is Ch de Dax Antenne Saisonniere Smur Hossegor, 2.4 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Per resident in work, Seignosse counts 0.7 jobs (1,200 jobs, 1,750 workers). At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Seignosse went to work by public transport. Unemployment stood at 10.5%, in line with Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Seignosse 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 Seignosse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seignosse | 4,056 | — | C− | D− | D | B |
| Tosse | 3,556 | 2.6 | B+ | D | A+ | B |
| Soorts-Hossegor | 3,817 | 2.6 | B− | D− | D− | A− |
| Capbreton | 9,184 | 4.2 | C− | D− | D | C+ |
| Bénesse-Maremne | 3,780 | 4.2 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 8,014 | 4.5 | C | D | B− | C+ |
| Soustons | 8,701 | 4.9 | C+ | C− | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #27 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 50 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #17 of 31 in Landes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Seignosse grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Seignosse is a commune of 4,056 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.