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3,556 people call this town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 1.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, better than 70% of compared French towns. That places it #6 of 29 in Landes. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools, B for health, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Tosse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Tosse 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 →
Tosse has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tosse.
More of the graded crimes in Tosse were criminal damage than anything else (2025). 2025 saw 30 offenses recorded in the town. No compared town in Landes has less graded crime per resident than Tosse: it ranks first of 29.
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual 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, 21.0% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Tosse: 142 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €13.37/m² a month, near Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for four in five sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,687/m² | 113 |
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.
Tosse has 6 family doctors. Average lifespans in Landes: 85.5 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 282 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 237, 16% fewer.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 3.2%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Tosse, 97.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Landes’ towns (94.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away. Results rank its schools #20 of 31 in Landes.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Élisabeth et Robert BadinterNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée Sud des LandesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 424 | 97%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.7% of residents, below both Landes’ towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 23% of the population. At 45.8, the median resident of Tosse sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Tosse | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 8.3%. Per resident in work, Tosse counts 0.4 jobs (700 jobs, 1,600 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Tosse. Best known first.
Tosse has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tosse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tosse | 3,556 | — | B+ | D | A+ | B |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 8,014 | 2.3 | C | D | B− | C+ |
| Seignosse | 4,056 | 2.6 | C− | D− | D | B |
| Soustons | 8,701 | 4.2 | C+ | C− | B− | B+ |
| Bénesse-Maremne | 3,780 | 4.3 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Soorts-Hossegor | 3,817 | 4.5 | B− | D− | D− | A− |
| Saint-Geours-de-Maremne | 3,089 | 5.1 | — | C− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 29 in Landes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #20 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 Tosse grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tosse is a commune of 3,556 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.