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A town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, home to 126 people.
There are no grades for Montégut: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 27% of its housing. It skews older: 38% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Montégut does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Montégut as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grotte de Gargas, in Aventignan, 1.8 mi away.
47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Montégut is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montégut.
Children under 15 make up 12%, below both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 38% of the population. Typical age in Montégut: 57, the median.
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.
| Montégut | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 12% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €23,820 a year per consumption unit, close to Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€23,985) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Unemployment runs at 11.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.2 mi away. General-bac pupils go 4.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BeaulieuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 56 | 88%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.34/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 6 homes were sold in Montégut.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Montégut. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montégut yet.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Montégut is a commune of 126 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montégut | 126 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montréjeau Haute-Garonne | 2,648 | 3.6 | C− | A− | D | D |
| Lannemezan | 5,811 | 7 | C− | A | D | C− |
| Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne | 12,139 | 12 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 18 | C+ | 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 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.