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Over-65s are 29% of the population. Home to 2,358 people, this town lies in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
Ossun’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability. The median price paid is €1,631/m².
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. Ossun 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 3 things Ossun does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ossun 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.
Ossun has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ossun as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tumulus de la Halliade, in Bartrès, 3 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ossun.
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. After the care-home adjustment, Ossun’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, higher than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (87) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 449 residents of Ossun died, against 335 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% more.
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.
The 65-and-over age group makes up 29% of residents. 17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (14%). Half the people of Ossun are older than 48.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Ossun | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.45/m² a month, close to Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€10.24/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 60 houses and apartments changed hands in Ossun from July 2023 to June 2026. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €9.60/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,631/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
4.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. 400 jobs are based in Ossun, for 1,000 working residents (0.4 per worker). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,640 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Ossun, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Graded property crimes ran at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 1.5 (2023–2025 average). All told, Ossun had 13 recorded offenses in 2025.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 40.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Ossun is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Ossun.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Ossun has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ossun grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Ossun is a commune of 2,358 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.