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Population 1,029: a town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
People here tend to be in good health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car: 5% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,509/m² takes 7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Seyresse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Seyresse 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.
Seyresse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Seyresse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne Cathédrale Sainte-Marie (église Notre-Dame), in Dax, 1.6 mi away.
2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Seyresse. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Borda2.8 km north, in Dax
MuseumMusée de l'aviation légère de l'armée de Terre et de l'hélicoptère800 m northwest, in DaxFortFortEnceinte gallo-romaine de Dax2.9 km north, in DaxChâteauChâteauDomaine du Sarrat1.9 km northeast, in DaxMuseumMuseumMusée Georgette-Dupouy2.7 km north, in DaxPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seyresse.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 100 deaths in Seyresse from 2016 to 2025; there were 58, 42% fewer. Women in Landes live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Seyresse is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 1.9 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
The jobless rate is 8.8%. Half of residents lived on more than €26,950 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Landes’ towns (€25,750). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Seyresse didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,509/m²: 36 houses and apartments sold in Seyresse between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 89% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,460/m² | 32 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Seyresse is 94.2%, near both Landes’ towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Jacques de Compostelle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 96%±0 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Jacques de Compostelle PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 150 | 98%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Landes’ towns (15%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.6% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Seyresse | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Seyresse 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 Seyresse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seyresse | 1,029 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Dax | 22,109 | 1.2 | D | C | D− | D |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 2.5 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 3.1 | C | C− | C | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 5.8 | B+ | C | A | B− |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 6.2 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne | 3,089 | 8.5 | — | C− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Seyresse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns. 98% of 150 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Saint-Jacques de Compostelle 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.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,509/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Seyresse grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Seyresse is a commune of 1,029 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax. 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.