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IlhetHautes-Pyrénées

A town of 122 in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.

Is Ilhet a good place to live?

Ilhet is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Nearly two fifths of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 37% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Ilhet stand out

The 2 things Ilhet does most differently from other towns.

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Ilhet’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ilhet’s story

No historic monuments in Ilhet

The Culture ministry lists no building in Ilhet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Etienne, in Sarrancolin, 0.3 mi away.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ilhet.

Who lives here

Children make up only 9.1% of Ilhet, fewer than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and across compared French towns

5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 31% of adults. Residents of Ilhet have a median age of 57.8.

57.8median age
IlhetHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ilhet
IlhetHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 159.1%14%17%
15–245%9.6%11%
25–4423%20%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+37%29%22%
No diploma17%18%19%
CAP or BEP26%29%26%
Baccalauréat15%19%18%
Higher education31%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Ilhet has lower unemployment than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 3.6%

5.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Ilhet didn’t travel to work at all.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot6%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Ilhet, 0.2 per working resident
3.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Ilhet costs less than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.50/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 3 homes in Ilhet.

€9.50/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ilhet€9.50/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.96 to €12.97/m² a month)
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ilhet

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Landmarks

Nothing in Ilhet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Ilhet

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ilhet yet.

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Ilhet’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Hautes-Pyrénées →
LannemezanMontréjeauBagnères-de-BigorreLannemezanMontréjeauBagnères-de-BigorreIlhet
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ilhet122—————
Lannemezan5,81111C−ADC−
Montréjeau Haute-Garonne2,64813C−A−DD
Bagnères-de-Bigorre7,11414C+B−C−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Ilhet

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Ilhet is a commune of 122 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

Population
122 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aure Louron
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.1 sq mi (8 km²)
INSEE code
65228

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.