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JézeauHautes-Pyrénées

108 residents make their home in this town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.

Is Jézeau a good place to live?

There are no grades for Jézeau: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 41% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 30% of the population.

What makes Jézeau stand out

The 2 things Jézeau does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Notre-Dame ou Saint-Laurent
Église Notre-Dame ou Saint-Laurent · Classé · Photo: Sotos · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jézeau’s story

Jézeau in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Jézeau: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1971.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1971First protected: Église Notre-Dame ou Saint-Laurent
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Landmarks

Jézeau has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame ou Saint-Laurent: Photo: Sotos · CC BY-SA 4.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Jézeau.

Who lives here

Children make up only 12% of Jézeau, fewer than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

50.7median age

People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, near Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Aged 15 to 24: 7.7% of residents. Residents of Jézeau have a median age of 50.7.

JézeauHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

About 82 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.

Ages and diplomas in Jézeau
JézeauHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–247.7%9.6%11%
25–4421%20%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+30%29%22%
No diploma12%18%19%
CAP or BEP28%29%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education30%26%30%

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

History

Jézeau keeps more of its old housing than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919

1historic monument

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Jézeau is Église Notre-Dame ou Saint-Laurent. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1971
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Jézeau walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 7.5%

8%walk, cycle or take transit

11.6% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (12.4%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot8%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Jézeau, 0.4 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

99.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

99.0%passed the brevet

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

The nearest collège is 1.1 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 13.4 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Jézeau99.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Maréchal FochNearest collègeCollègeCollège6799%+4 pts
99.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
1.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

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

€9.50/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Sales in Jézeau from July 2023 to June 2026: 5 houses and apartments.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Jézeau€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 Jézeau

13pages on Jézeau
Nearby attractions

Tour de Guet de Cadéac and 6 more in and around Jézeau

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Jézeau. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Jézeau

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

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About Jézeau

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Jézeau is a commune of 108 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
108 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aure Louron
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
65234

Jézeau’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-BigorreJézeau
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Jézeau108—————
Lannemezan5,81115C−ADC−
Montréjeau Haute-Garonne2,64816C−A−DD
Bagnères-de-Bigorre7,11416C+B−C−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 9, 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.