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A town of 12 in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
Ardengost is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 64% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 42% of residents.
The 2 things Ardengost does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ardengost as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame ou Saint-Laurent, in Jézeau, 1.9 mi away.
88% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Ardengost 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 Ardengost.
Over-65s are just over two fifths of the population. The age that splits Ardengost in two is 61.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Ardengost | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 0% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 42% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 8.3% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
20.0% of Ardengost’s 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maréchal FochNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 99%+4 pts |
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.
Ardengost recorded 1 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Ardengost. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ardengost yet.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Ardengost is a commune of 12 people in the Communauté de communes Aure Louron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardengost | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lannemezan | 5,811 | 14 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Montréjeau Haute-Garonne | 2,648 | 14 | C− | A− | D | D |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 16 | C+ | B− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 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.