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LizosHautes-Pyrénées

A town of 109 in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.

Is Lizos a good place to live?

There are no grades for Lizos: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Lizos stand out

The one thing Lizos does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Lizos

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

The nearest classé monument is Jardin Massey, in Tarbes, 3.7 mi away.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lizos.

Who lives here

Children make up 18% of Lizos, above Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, about level with Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) and above compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town. Line up the people of Lizos by age and the one in the middle is 43.8.

43.8median age
LizosHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 88 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 Lizos
LizosHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1518%14%17%
15–2410%9.6%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6420%26%26%
65+29%29%22%
No diploma13%18%19%
CAP or BEP35%29%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education30%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 2.3% of commuters in Lizos go to work without a car, fewer than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

8.5% of the labour force are out of work.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Motorbike or scooter5%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Lizos, 0.1 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points below the expected rate

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

Near Lizos, 80.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest general lycée is 3.9 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.7 mi to the nearest one.

84.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Lizos84.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Lizos80.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Paul ValéryNearest collègeCollègeCollège12584%−6 pts
Lycée professionnel Sixte Vignon : Lycée des métiers de l'habitat, des énergies et de l'automobileNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée7480%−7 pts
80%
passed the vocational bac, −7 pts against the expected rate
84.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −6 pts against the expected rate
2.7 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 Lizos costs less than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.86/m² a month

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

Sales in Lizos from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments. House rents are put at about €9.70/m² a month.

€8.86/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lizos€8.86/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€8.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.92 to €11.33/m² a month)
€9.70/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 Lizos

12pages on Lizos

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Lizos

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

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Lizos’ 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 →
AureilhanSéméacTarbesSouesBarbazan-DebatBordères-sur-l'ÉchezAureilhanSéméacTarbesSouesBarbazan-DebatBordères-sur-l'ÉchezLizos
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lizos109—————
Aureilhan8,0312.6BB+B+B
Séméac5,2362.9BBBB
Tarbes44,3994.2C+B+DB−
Soues2,9884.3A−B+A+B+
Barbazan-Debat3,4784.4A+A−A+A+
Bordères-sur-l'Échez5,3994.9A−BAB+

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

About Lizos

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Lizos is a commune of 109 people in the Communauté de communes des Coteaux du Val d'Arros. 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
109 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Coteaux du Val d'Arros
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
0.7 sq mi (1.7 km²)
INSEE code
65276

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.