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Population 1,184: a town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Souprosse a good place to live?

Souprosse is hard to get around without a car: 40% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.2% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for cost of living and B− for health. It skews older: 31% of residents are 65 or over.

Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Souprosse 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.

What makes Souprosse stand out

The one thing Souprosse does most differently from other towns.

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How Souprosse grades

Each subject compares Souprosse 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 grading works

Souprosse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Notre-Dame de Goudosse
Église Notre-Dame de Goudosse · Classé · Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Souprosse’s story

Souprosse in pictures

Souprosse has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1995First protected: Église Notre-Dame de Goudosse
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Souprosse.

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Souprosse is harder to get around on foot than 83% of compared French towns

6.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 9.2%, below both Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €24,830 a year per consumption unit.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
300
jobs based in Souprosse, 0.6 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 17% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Souprosse has fewer young adults than Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 6.4% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. 18% are under 15, above Landes’ towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 20% of adults.

50.9median age
SouprosseLandes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 89 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.

Ages and diplomas in Souprosse
SouprosseLandes medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–246.4%8.9%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6425%27%26%
65+31%28%22%
No diploma24%16%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat17%20%18%
Higher education20%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Souprosse: 23% were built before 1919, more than in Landes’ towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Souprosse is Église Notre-Dame de Goudosse. Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1995
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

HealthHealth B−

Souprosse’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 52% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Women in Landes live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 242 deaths in Souprosse between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 208: 16% above. Its care home for older people (58 places) counts its residents as Souprosse’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Souprosse is Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources, 13.6 mi away.

−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw116
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Souprosse · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources
13.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi de Mont de Marsan et du Pays des Sources
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.

HousingCost of living B−

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Souprosse than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: €11.00/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 29 homes in Souprosse.

€11.00/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Souprosse€11.00/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Landes median€13.01/m²
€11.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.75 to €13.84/m² a month)
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,010
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Landmarks

Souprosse has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame de Goudosse: Photo: Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Souprosse

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Souprosse yet.

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Souprosse’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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TartasSaint-SeverPontonx-sur-l'AdourHagetmauSaint-Pierre-du-MontMont-de-MarsanTartasSaint-SeverPontonx-sur-l'AdourHagetmauSaint-Pierre-du-MontMont-de-MarsanSouprosse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Souprosse1,184——B−—B−
Tartas3,1695.3A−BB+C
Saint-Sever5,0437.5AB+AC−
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour3,02111—C+—C+
Hagetmau4,62411AB+AC
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont10,09212B+C+BB+
Mont-de-Marsan31,59213C+B−DB−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Souprosse

Is Souprosse safe?

Souprosse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Souprosse

Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Souprosse is a commune of 1,184 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate. 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

Population
1,184 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
16.4 sq mi (42.5 km²)
INSEE code
40309

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.