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A town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, home to 45 people.
Créchets isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 43% of its homes are second homes. 15- to 24-year-olds are 17% of the population.
The 2 things Créchets does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Créchets as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne cathédrale Notre-Dame, in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, 1.8 mi away.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Créchets is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Créchets.
4.3% are under 15, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 30% of residents are 65 or older. The median resident of Créchets is 54 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Créchets | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 4.3% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 6.5% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 41% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Créchets didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la BarousseNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 41 | 93%+2 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.
Créchets recorded 5 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Créchets. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Créchets yet.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Créchets is a commune of 45 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Créchets | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montréjeau Haute-Garonne | 2,648 | 6 | C− | A− | D | D |
| Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne | 12,139 | 11 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Lannemezan | 5,811 | 13 | C− | A | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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.