Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 66 people, lies in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
Banios has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 30% of homes here are second homes. It skews young: only just over one in ten residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Banios does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Banios as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église paroissiale et restes du cloître, in Campan, 3.3 mi away.
42% 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 Banios.
25% are under 15, higher than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 11% of residents. Among adults, 41% have a degree.
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Banios | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 37% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
The jobless rate is 12.1%. At the census, 16.7% of working residents in Banios didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.30/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Banios.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Banios is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Banios as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banios | 66 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 4.4 | C+ | B− | C− | C |
| Lannemezan | 5,811 | 9.6 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Barbazan-Debat | 3,478 | 12 | A+ | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Soues | 2,988 | 13 | A− | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Odos | 3,265 | 14 | — | B | — | A− |
| Séméac | 5,236 | 14 | B | B | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Banios is a commune of 66 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute-Bigorre. 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) · 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.