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Some 1,287 people live in this town, in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 49% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability — 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for cost of living, B− for schools and B for jobs & income. It skews older: nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Horgues 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.
Each subject compares Horgues 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.
Horgues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Horgues does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Horgues; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1977.
Étienne Jean Guillaume Ducasse de Horgues, born in 1776, is the one person born in Horgues before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Horgues has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Horgues.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Horgues. In Hautes-Pyrénées, women can expect to live 85.3 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 147 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 196: 25% below.
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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
The census found 3.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Unemployment stood at 9.4%, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. For its 450 residents in work, Horgues has 150 jobs: 0.4 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over two in five adults hold a degree, above both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Horgues in two is 54.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Horgues | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.4% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.74/m² a month. The market in Horgues: 27 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes built before 1919 account for a tenth of the housing. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Horgues, 96.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 91%−4 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Marie CurieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 369 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège DesaixBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 80 | 88%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Horgues. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Horgues.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Horgues is a commune of 1,287 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. 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 →
Horgues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 3.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 55% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.