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CaixonHautes-Pyrénées

In Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, this town has 340 residents.

Is Caixon a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Caixon

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Castéra-Loubix, 3.1 mi away.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caixon.

Who lives here

Fewer people in Caixon hold a degree than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 24%

Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, lower than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. Line up the people of Caixon by age and the one in the middle is 48.5.

48.5median age
CaixonHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP40%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Caixon
CaixonHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1515%14%17%
15–2411%9.6%11%
25–4417%20%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+26%29%22%
No diploma16%18%19%
CAP or BEP40%29%26%
Baccalauréat15%19%18%
Higher education24%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Caixon has higher unemployment than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 15.7%

At the census, 4.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Caixon has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €24,850 a year per consumption unit.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Caixon, 0.2 per working resident
15.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate

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

At the lycées within 5 km of Caixon, 97.4% passed the bac, above Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away.

97%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Caixon93.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Caixon97.4%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Pierre Mendès FranceNearest collègeCollègeCollège11193%+1 pt
Lycée général Pierre Mendès FranceNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée7797%±0 pts
Lycée professionnel Pierre Mendès FranceBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycéeVocational lycée5798%+7 pts
97%
passed the general and technological bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
98%
passed the vocational bac, +7 pts against the expected rate
93.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1 pt against the expected rate
2.1 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 Caixon is €10.07/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €7.95/m² a month.

€10.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Caixon€10.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€10.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.17 to €12.40/m² a month)
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Prieuré de Saint-Lézer and 3 more in and around Caixon

Heritage and family days out in and near Caixon. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Caixon

13pages on Caixon

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Caixon

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

How we find them →

Caixon’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 →
Vic-en-BigorreBordères-sur-l'ÉchezAureilhanIbosTarbesSéméacVic-en-BigorreBordères-sur-l'ÉchezAureilhanIbosTarbesSéméacCaixon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Caixon340—————
Vic-en-Bigorre4,8452.3A−B+A−C−
Bordères-sur-l'Échez5,39910A−BAB+
Aureilhan8,03112BB+B+B
Ibos2,81312A−B−B−A
Tarbes44,39912C+B+DB−
Séméac5,23613BBBB

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

About Caixon

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Caixon is a commune of 340 people in the Communauté de communes Adour Madiran. 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
340 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Adour Madiran
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.6 km²)
INSEE code
65119

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.