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A town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, home to 13 people.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Artigues falls below the line for grades. Nearly two fifths of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 33% of residents.
The 2 things Artigues does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Artigues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château fort, in Lourdes, 3 mi away.
67% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Artigues 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 Artigues.
People 65 and over make up a third of the town. The median resident of Artigues is 56 years old.
33% women, 67% men
About 50 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Artigues | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 0% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 42% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
20.0% of Artigues’ 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.
Collège pupils travel 2.6 mi to the nearest one. At the lycées within 5 km of Artigues, 91.8% passed the bac, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La Serre de SarsanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 73 | 90%−2 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique La Serre de SarsanNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 59 | 93%−4 pts |
| Collège Peyramale Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 129 | 100%+11 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.
House rents are put at about €9.60/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Artigues. Best known first.
MuseumMusée pyrénéen de Lourdes4.7 km northwest, in LourdesFortFortTour de Garnavie4.6 km northwest, in LourdesMonastery or conventMonastery or conventMonastère des Clarisses de Lourdes4.9 km northwest, in LourdesChâteauChâteauChâteau fort de Castelloubon3.1 km southeast, in CheustAttractionAttractionFuniculaire du Pic du Jer3.8 km west, in LourdesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Artigues yet.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Artigues is a commune of 13 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artigues | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lourdes | 13,266 | 2.8 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Argelès-Gazost | 2,761 | 7 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 7.6 | C+ | B− | C− | C |
| Juillan | 3,999 | 8.5 | — | B | — | B− |
| Odos | 3,265 | 8.8 | — | B | — | A− |
| Pontacq Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2,925 | 9.7 | — | A | — | B |
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.