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With 1,240 residents, it is a town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie. Over-65s are 30% of the population.
La Barthe-de-Neste’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side (C+): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.3% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well: nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. La Barthe-de-Neste 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.
The 2 things La Barthe-de-Neste does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Barthe-de-Neste 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.
La Barthe-de-Neste has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in La Barthe-de-Neste; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1983.
Jean-Paul Duffo, born in 1838, is the one person born in La Barthe-de-Neste before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Barthe-de-Neste.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,675/m², near Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€1,744/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The market in La Barthe-de-Neste: 30 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,675/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Hautes-Pyrénées, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.3 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 161 deaths in La Barthe-de-Neste from 2016 to 2025; there were 121, 25% fewer. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Under 15: 14% of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.4%, close to Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (9.6%) and below compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| La Barthe-de-Neste | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (12.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income is €25,360 a year for each consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 11%. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and family days out in and near La Barthe-de-Neste. Best known first.
La Barthe-de-Neste has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in La Barthe-de-Neste.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Barthe-de-Neste | 1,240 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Lannemezan | 5,811 | 2.9 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Montréjeau Haute-Garonne | 2,648 | 9.1 | C− | A− | D | D |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 12 | C+ | B− | C− | C |
| Barbazan-Debat | 3,478 | 16 | A+ | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Soues | 2,988 | 17 | A− | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne | 12,139 | 17 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Barthe-de-Neste has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Barthe-de-Neste grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
La Barthe-de-Neste is a commune of 1,240 people in the Communauté de communes du Plateau de Lannemezan. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.