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CampanHautes-Pyrénées

It is a town of 1,245 residents in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie. People aged 65 and over make up 34% of residents.

Is Campan a good place to live?

Campan’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C). 64% of homes here are second homes.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Campan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

WeakestC−Health

How Campan grades

Each subject compares Campan with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.

How grading works

Campan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesC−Open →Walkability0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workCOpen →Jobs & income8.4% unemploymentC+Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

What makes Campan stand out

The 2 things Campan does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Halle
Halle · Inscrit · Photo: cazah · CC BY 3.0
Campan’s story

Campan in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Campan: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Wikidata records 3 people born in Campan before 1900, the earliest Jean-Pierre Dauphole, in 1757.

  • 1972First protected: Église paroissiale et restes du cloître
  • 2018Most recently protected: Monument aux morts
Explore the history →

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Campan: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église paroissiale et restes du cloître: Photo: Raphael Isla · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Sainte-Marie-de-Campan: Photo: Florent Pécassou · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Campan.

Who lives here

Campan has fewer young adults than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 6.1% are 15 to 24

56.4median age

11% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 34% of the town, above both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 33% have a degree.

CampanHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%

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 Campan
CampanHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1511%14%17%
15–246.1%9.6%11%
25–4417%20%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+34%29%22%
No diploma13%18%19%
CAP or BEP27%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education33%26%30%

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

HealthHealth C−

More deaths than expected: Campan is above 77% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for

−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Adjusted mortality in Campan: 99 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 153 residents of Campan died, against 155 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. At birth, a girl in Hautes-Pyrénées can expect 85.3 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw99
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Campan · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Bagneres de Bigorre
17.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de L Ormeau site centre
85.3 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hautes-Pyrénées, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Unemployment in Campan, 8.4%, runs below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

10%walk, cycle or take transit

Per resident in work, Campan counts 0.7 jobs (400 jobs, 500 workers). After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,500 a year per consumption unit. 9.0% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
400
jobs based in Campan, 0.7 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,500
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns

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

History

Campan keeps more of its old housing than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919

4historic monuments

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

The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Campan is Église paroissiale et restes du cloître. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit3

Among them · Classé

16th c.
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected

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

HousingCost of living B

The median sale price of homes in Campan is €2,061/m²

€2,061/m²median sale price

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

A house in Campan goes for €1,994/m², an apartment for €2,119/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.01/m² a month, near Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€10.24/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: this Hautes-Pyrénées town recorded 135 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Campan€2,061/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€1,744/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,994/m²96
Apartments€2,119/m²39
€10.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.05 to €12.46/m² a month)
5.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Haute-Bigorre

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Campan

14pages on Campan
Nearby attractions

Mounaques de Campan and 2 more in and around Campan

Museums and other places to visit in and near Campan. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Campan

3 notable people were born in Campan.

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About Campan

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Campan is a commune of 1,245 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

Population
1,245 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute-Bigorre
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
37.6 sq mi (97.3 km²)
INSEE code
65123

Campan’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 →
Bagnères-de-BigorreLannemezanLourdesBarbazan-DebatArgelès-GazostSouesBagnères-de-BigorreLannemezanLourdesBarbazan-DebatArgelès-GazostSouesCampan
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Campan1,245——B—C−
Bagnères-de-Bigorre7,1145.8C+B−C−C
Lannemezan5,81113C−ADC−
Lourdes13,26615CB+DC−
Barbazan-Debat3,47815A+A−A+A+
Argelès-Gazost2,76115B+CAC+
Soues2,98816A−B+A+B+

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

Questions about Campan

Is Campan safe?

Campan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Is Campan expensive to live in?

Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Campan grades B for cost of living.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.