Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 424 people, lies in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
At under 1,000 residents, Cantaous is too small for the grades other French towns get. 43% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Cantaous does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cantaous as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Deux tumuli d'Arioulès de Chourrine et trois tumuli dits Tres Puyos, in Campistrous, 4.3 mi away.
12% 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 Cantaous.
Children under 15 make up 11%, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults. Half of Cantaous is older than 59.6, half younger.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Cantaous | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.7% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 43% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.1% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. 100 jobs are based in Cantaous, for 150 working residents (0.6 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €25,360 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.4 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BeaulieuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 56 | 88%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Cantaous: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Cantaous. Best known first.
Nothing in Cantaous is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cantaous yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantaous | 424 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lannemezan | 5,811 | 3.1 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Montréjeau Haute-Garonne | 2,648 | 6.2 | C− | A− | D | D |
| Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne | 12,139 | 14 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 15 | C+ | B− | C− | C |
| Barbazan-Debat | 3,478 | 18 | A+ | A− | A+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Cantaous is a commune of 424 people in the Communauté de communes Neste Barousse. 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.