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1,124 people live in this town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
Louey’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 3.7 jobs per working resident; 3.6% unemployment. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability (C−). It has 1,900 jobs for 500 working residents.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Louey 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.
Each subject compares Louey 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.
Louey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Louey as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Ibos, 3.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Louey.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Louey has one family doctor. At birth, a girl in Hautes-Pyrénées can expect 85.3 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 75 residents of Louey died, against 113 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.6% of commuters at the census. The median disposable income was €28,720 a year per consumption unit, above both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€23,985) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 42% of adults, higher than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. 27% of residents have reached 65.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Louey | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Louey recorded 26 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Louey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Louey.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Louey 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 2.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Louey is a commune of 1,124 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. 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) · 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.