FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin

BartrèsHautes-Pyrénées

The town has 485 residents and lies in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.

Is Bartrès a good place to live?

Bartrès isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Dolmen
Dolmen · Classé · Photo: Sotos · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bartrès’ story

Bartrès in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bartrès: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

  • 1977First protected: Tumulus de la Halliade
  • 1995Most recently protected: Bergerie Sainte-Bernadette
Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Bergerie Sainte-Bernadette and 22 more in and around Bartrès

Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Bartrès. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bartrès.

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Bartrès than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or across compared French towns: 36% of adults

15% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, lower than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Bartrès is 50.1.

50.1median age
BartrèsHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bartrès
BartrèsHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1515%14%17%
15–249.7%9.6%11%
25–4418%20%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+25%29%22%
No diploma10%18%19%
CAP or BEP30%29%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education36%26%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Bartrès: 11% were built before 1919, more than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

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

The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Bartrès is Tumulus de la Halliade. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in the town: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1889
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Bartrès is better off than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €28,980 a year per consumption unit

7.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.5% of commuters got to work without a car.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Bartrès, 0.1 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,980
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

Schools

96.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 6.3 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The bac pass rate near Bartrès is 91.8%, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%). A collège lies 1.7 mi away.

95%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Bartrès96.4%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Bartrès91.8%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège La Serre de SarsanNearest collègeCollègeCollège7390%−2 pts
Lycée général et technologique La Serre de SarsanNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée5993%−4 pts
Collège Peyramale Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège129100%+11 pts

See all 5 schools →

95%
passed the general and technological bac, −2.3 pts against the expected rate
81%
passed the vocational bac, −8 pts against the expected rate
96.4%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6.3 pts against the expected rate
1.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Bartrès is €10.09/m² a month

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

The market in Bartrès: 8 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bartrès€10.09/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€10.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.09 to €12.58/m² a month)
€9.60/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 Bartrès

13pages on Bartrès

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bartrès: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Tumulus de la Halliade: Photo: Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Bartrès

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

How we find them →

Bartrès’ 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 →
LourdesPontacqJuillanOdosIbosArgelès-GazostLourdesPontacqJuillanOdosIbosArgelès-GazostBartrès
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bartrès485—————
Lourdes13,2661.7CB+DC−
Pontacq Pyrénées-Atlantiques2,9255.5—A—B
Juillan3,9996.4—B—B−
Odos3,2657.4—B—A−
Ibos2,8138.4A−B−B−A
Argelès-Gazost2,7618.4B+CAC+

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

About Bartrès

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Bartrès is a commune of 485 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
485 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.4 km²)
INSEE code
65070

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.