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AzetHautes-Pyrénées

Home to 148 people, this town lies in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.

Is Azet a good place to live?

There are no grades for Azet: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 64% of its homes are second homes.

What makes Azet stand out

The one thing Azet does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption · Inscrit · Photo: Sotos · CC BY-SA 4.0
Azet’s story

Azet in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Azet; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1995First protected: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
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Nearby attractions

Château fort de Genos and 11 more in and around Azet

Family days out, heritage and museums in and near Azet. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Azet.

History

Old homes shape Azet: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Azet; none is classé, France’s top protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1995
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Azet than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. 25% of residents are 65 or over, between Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 20% have a degree.

47.8median age
AzetHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Azet
AzetHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–2412%9.6%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+25%29%22%
No diploma18%18%19%
CAP or BEP33%29%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education20%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Azet are out of work than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or across compared French towns: 1.2%

Median disposable income comes to €22,520 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Azet didn’t travel to work at all. 9.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Bicycle5%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Azet, 0.2 per working resident
1.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Azet than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.50/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 7 homes in Azet.

€9.50/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Azet€9.50/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.96 to €12.97/m² a month)
€9.48/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 Azet

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Landmarks

Azet has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: Photo: Sotos · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Azet

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

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About Azet

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Azet is a commune of 148 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

Population
148 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aure Louron
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
10.4 sq mi (26.9 km²)
INSEE code
65058

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.