Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,359 residents, it is a town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Tercis-les-Bains’s strongest subject is schools: bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Walkability is its weak spot (D). Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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). Tercis-les-Bains 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 Tercis-les-Bains 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.
Tercis-les-Bains 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 Tercis-les-Bains 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, 3.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Tercis-les-Bains is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tercis-les-Bains.
Unemployment stood at 8.8%, below Landes’ towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The census found 3.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 250 jobs are based in Tercis-les-Bains, for 600 working residents (0.4 per worker). The median disposable income is €27,160 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Tercis-les-Bains, 98.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Landes’ towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 2.8 mi away.
| 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,610/m²: 39 houses and apartments sold in Tercis-les-Bains between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 90% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,610/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 88 residents of Tercis-les-Bains died, against 102 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Life expectancy in Landes: 85.5 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has one family doctor.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Those 65 and older account for 24% of residents. Degrees are held by 32% of adults, above Landes’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Residents of Tercis-les-Bains have a median age of 48.9.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Tercis-les-Bains | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Tercis-les-Bains. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de l'aviation légère de l'armée de Terre et de l'hélicoptère4 km northeast, in DaxChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lasalle3.2 km southwest, in SiestPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Tercis-les-Bains.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tercis-les-Bains is a commune of 1,359 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tercis-les-Bains | 1,359 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Dax | 22,109 | 3.4 | D | C | D− | D |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 14,481 | 4.6 | C | C− | C | B |
| Narrosse | 3,387 | 5 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne | 3,089 | 6.3 | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Pouillon | 3,134 | 6.9 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 3,402 | 7.9 | B+ | C | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tercis-les-Bains 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 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. 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 €2,610/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tercis-les-Bains grades C for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.