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The town has 2,518 residents and lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Pupils here do better than most: bac results 1.6 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2.1 points above the expected rate. Households here earn well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,583/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Landas has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Landas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Landas 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.
Landas has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Landas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour à diables, in Orchies, 2.4 mi away.
20% 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 Landas.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Landas is 97.7%, higher than both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #6 of 195 in Nord. Collège pupils travel 2.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 128 | 100%+4 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 86 | 99%+2 pts |
| Collège du PévèleBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 225 | 94%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 5 general practitioners in Landas. After the care-home adjustment, Landas’ deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, between Nord’s towns (105) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 182 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 175, 4% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Landas is Hopital de Denain, 10.9 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town. Landas has a median age of 43.4 years. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Landas | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €30,150 a year per consumption unit. 6.4% of Landas’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
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 €2,583/m²: 58 houses and apartments sold in Landas between July 2023 and June 2026. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.76/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.64/m² a month, above Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,583/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.2 violent offenses and 5.3 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. The 2025 count: 18 offenses in Landas. Of the graded crimes locally, family violence came up most often (2025).
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (57.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Landas 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 Landas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landas | 2,518 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Beuvry-la-Forêt | 2,861 | 1.4 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Orchies | 8,396 | 2.1 | B− | B− | C− | C− |
| Nomain | 2,651 | 3 | — | B− | — | C |
| Marchiennes | 4,507 | 4.2 | A− | C | A | C |
| Coutiches | 3,436 | 4.6 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Lecelles | 3,046 | 4.8 | — | C− | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Landas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #6 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 99% of 86 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Notre-Dame de la Providence in 2025, 2 points above 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 €2,583/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Landas grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Landas is a commune of 2,518 people in the Communauté de communes Pévèle-Carembault. 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.