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IlheuHautes-Pyrénées

Some 55 people live in this town, in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.

Is Ilheu a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Ilheu is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly a quarter of homes.

What makes Ilheu stand out

The one thing Ilheu does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Ilheu

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Just, in Valcabrère, 2.3 mi away.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges and 6 more in and around Ilheu

Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Ilheu. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ilheu.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Ilheu than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults

The under-15s are 17% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, between Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Ilheu by age and the one in the middle is 43.

43median age
IlheuHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ilheu
IlheuHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1517%14%17%
15–2410%9.6%11%
25–4425%20%23%
45–6421%26%26%
65+27%29%22%
No diploma24%18%19%
CAP or BEP24%29%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education22%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Ilheu, 18.2%, runs above Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Ilheu didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Motorbike or scooter6%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Ilheu, 0.2 per working resident
18.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 5.6 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.9 mi away.

93.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ilheu93.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège de la BarousseNearest collègeCollègeCollège4193%+2 pts
93.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
1.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ilheu than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or across compared French towns: €9.49/m² a month

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

Ilheu recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ilheu€9.49/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€9.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €13.66/m² a month)
€9.99/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 Ilheu

13pages on Ilheu

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Ilheu

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

How we find them →

Ilheu’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 →
MontréjeauSaint-GaudensLannemezanMontréjeauSaint-GaudensLannemezanIlheu
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ilheu55—————
Montréjeau Haute-Garonne2,6486.5C−A−DD
Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne12,13910C+A−DC+
Lannemezan5,81114C−ADC−

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

About Ilheu

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Ilheu is a commune of 55 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

Population
55 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Neste Barousse
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
0.8 sq mi (2.1 km²)
INSEE code
65229

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.