FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin

AurensanHautes-Pyrénées

The town has 764 residents and lies in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.

Is Aurensan a good place to live?

There are no grades for Aurensan: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

Aurensan’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Aurensan’s story

No historic monuments in Aurensan

The Culture ministry lists no building in Aurensan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Jardin Massey, in Tarbes, 4.8 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aurensan.

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) but above compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Aurensan are older than 47.1.

47.1median age
AurensanHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Aurensan
AurensanHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–249.8%9.6%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+24%29%22%
No diploma13%18%19%
CAP or BEP38%29%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education28%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Aurensan has lower unemployment than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 7.7%

At the census, 2.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Aurensan has 50 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.1 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,970 a year.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
50
jobs based in Aurensan, 0.1 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,970
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Aurensan costs less than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.30/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The sales split: 92% houses, the rest apartments. Aurensan recorded 13 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.30/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Aurensan€9.30/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€9.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.49 to €11.55/m² a month)
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Aurensan

11pages on Aurensan

Landmarks

Nothing in Aurensan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Aurensan

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Aurensan yet.

How we find them →

Aurensan’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Hautes-Pyrénées →
Bordères-sur-l'ÉchezAureilhanTarbesSéméacVic-en-BigorreIbosBordères-sur-l'ÉchezAureilhanTarbesSéméacVic-en-BigorreIbosAurensan
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Aurensan764—————
Bordères-sur-l'Échez5,3993.8A−BAB+
Aureilhan8,0314.2BB+B+B
Tarbes44,3995.1C+B+DB−
Séméac5,2365.5BBBB
Vic-en-Bigorre4,8455.5A−B+A−C−
Ibos2,8136.3A−B−B−A

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Aurensan

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Aurensan is a commune of 764 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

Population
764 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.2 km²)
INSEE code
65048

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.