A town of contrasts. Its strongest is schools: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Overall, Tartas earns an A−, which places it #3 of 29 in Landes. Set against the rest, it does better than 77% of compared French towns. At €1,758/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate. What holds it back is jobs & income: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 15.3% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Tartas 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Tartas than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults
Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. 31% of residents are 65 or over, above Landes’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.2% of residents.
51.8median age
TartasLandes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education16%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C
Tartas has a higher adjusted death rate than 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Tartas can choose among 4 GPs. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Tartas come to 96 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 506 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 583, 15% more. The nearest emergency department to Tartas is Centre hospitalier de Dax, 14.4 mi away.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Tartas · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Dax
14.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Dax
85.5 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Landes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Less crime per resident in Tartas than in 68% of compared French towns
The 2025 count: 53 offenses in Tartas. With 1,750 jobs for 1,100 working residents, Tartas draws people in from neighbouring communes. Graded property crimes ran at 10.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.6 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in the town, sexual violence came up most often (2025).
7.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence16
Family violence15
Burglary11
Criminal damage11
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence15
Fraud15
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.
7.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
53
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 9.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HousingCost of living B
Renting in Tartas costs less than in Landes’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.86/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,758/m²: 114 houses and apartments sold in Tartas between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 92% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,758/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tartas€1,758/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Landes median€3,172/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,769/m²
105
€10.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.62 to €13.69/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.99/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,010
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays Tarusate
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Tartas: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Landes’ towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Tartas is Église Saint-Jacques. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Tartas has higher unemployment than Landes’ towns or compared French towns: 15.3%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,640 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Landes’ towns (€25,750) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 7.9% of commuters got to work without a car.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,750
jobs based in Tartas, 1.6 per working resident
15.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Augustin Darricau: Désiré Adélaïde Maignen de Sainte-Marie, Public domain · Pierre Coste: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · André Navarre: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Pierre Deyris: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Tartas’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Tartas
Is Tartas safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #10 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Tartas good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #3 of 31 in Landes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tartas expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,758/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Tartas grades B for cost of living.
About Tartas
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tartas is a commune of 3,169 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
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.
