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With 1,910 residents, it is a town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
Orleix’s strongest subject is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: just over two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,887/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Orleix 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 one thing Orleix does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Orleix 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.
Orleix 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 Orleix as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Jardin Massey, in Tarbes, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orleix.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Hautes-Pyrénées: 85.3 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 269 deaths in Orleix from 2016 to 2025; there were 357, 33% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Orleix is Ch Tarbes Lourdes Gespe site Tarbes, 4.9 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.1% of commuters travelled at the census. Jobs based in Orleix number 450, against 800 residents in work (0.6 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €26,380 a year per consumption unit, above Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€23,985) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €9.70/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 59 homes were sold in Orleix.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,890/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) but above compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 16%. Residents of Orleix have a median age of 49.8.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Orleix | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Orleix is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Orleix as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleix | 1,910 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Aureilhan | 8,031 | 2.3 | B | B+ | B+ | B |
| Séméac | 5,236 | 3.4 | B | B | B | B |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez | 5,399 | 3.6 | A− | B | A | B+ |
| Tarbes | 44,399 | 3.7 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Soues | 2,988 | 4.9 | A− | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Barbazan-Debat | 3,478 | 5.4 | A+ | A− | A+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Orleix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 2.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Orleix grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Orleix is a commune of 1,910 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) · 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 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.