There are no grades for Cauterets: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 91% of its housing. It skews older: 31% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Cauterets stand out
The 3 things Cauterets does most differently from other towns.
Ancienne gare: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Immeuble Continental Résidence: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cauterets.
Who lives here
Cauterets has fewer young adults than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 6.9% are 15 to 24
53.9median age
The share of residents under 15 is 9.7%. The middle age in Cauterets is 53.9. 31% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Hautes-Pyrénées 26%, France 30%).
CauteretsHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Cauterets: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and across compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 19th century. Cauterets has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit2
Level not given1
19th c.
oldest protected part
1981
first monument protected
2009
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
More commuters in Cauterets walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 43.1%
43%walk, cycle or take transit
Cauterets has 750 jobs for 400 working residents, 1.8 per worker. Unemployment stood at 4.3%, below both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Cauterets went to work by public transport.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving47%
On foot39%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
750
jobs based in Cauterets, 1.8 per working resident
4.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,210
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
A typical home in Cauterets sells for €3,600/m²
€3,600/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.74/m² a month, about level with Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€10.24/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in Cauterets: €3,340/m² for houses, €3,608/m² for apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.48/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cauterets€3,600/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€1,744/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,340/m²
30
Apartments
€3,608/m²
453
€10.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.03 to €14.37/m² a month)
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Cauterets is a commune of 829 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. 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
829 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
61.1 sq mi (158.3 km²)
INSEE code
65138
Cauterets’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
