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A town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, home to 16 people.
There are no grades for Fréchet-Aure: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 56% of its housing. It skews older: 43% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Fréchet-Aure does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fréchet-Aure as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Exupère, in Arreau, 1.8 mi away.
57% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Fréchet-Aure 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 Fréchet-Aure.
The share of residents under 15 is 14%. Ages in Fréchet-Aure split evenly at 47.5: half are older, half younger.
64% women, 36% men
About 56 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.
| Fréchet-Aure | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 0% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 14% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 43% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 8.3% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
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 nearest general lycée is 13.5 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maréchal FochNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 99%+4 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 Fréchet-Aure: 2 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Fréchet-Aure. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fréchet-Aure yet.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Fréchet-Aure is a commune of 16 people in the Communauté de communes Aure Louron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fréchet-Aure | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lannemezan | 5,811 | 13 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 15 | C+ | B− | C− | C |
| Montréjeau Haute-Garonne | 2,648 | 15 | C− | A− | D | D |
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 8, 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.