Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are a strength too — bac results 5.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 7 points above the expected rate. At the median price of €2,170/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Haute-Bigorre. 13% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pouzac 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 Pouzac 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pouzac.
HealthHealth A
Pouzac loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 69 per 100 expected, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 185 deaths in Pouzac from 2016 to 2025; there were 128, 31% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Hautes-Pyrénées is 85.3 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Pouzac is Centre hospitalier de Bagneres de Bigorre, 1.2 mi away.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw69
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Pouzac · 4.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Bagneres de Bigorre
10.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de L Ormeau site centre
85.3 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hautes-Pyrénées, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up only 11% of Pouzac, fewer than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and across compared French towns
Retirement age and beyond: 36% of residents are 65 or older. 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 31% of adults.
57.2median age
PouzacHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Pouzac than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 98.0%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 78% passed the bac pro, of 74 candidates. Nearly nine in ten candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Pouzac, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 1.1 mi away.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Pouzac, 5.8%, runs below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns
250 jobs are based in Pouzac, for 450 working residents (0.6 per worker). Public transport took 2.3% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Pouzac didn’t travel to work at all.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Bicycle6%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Pouzac, 0.6 per working resident
5.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
For cost of living, Pouzac gets a B−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.09/m² a month, about level with Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€10.24/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,170/m², comes from 49 sales of houses and apartments in Pouzac from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 67% of what sold.
€2,170/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pouzac€2,170/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€1,744/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,792/m²
33
€10.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.09 to €12.58/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.34/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Haute-Bigorre
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pouzac
Is Pouzac safe?
Pouzac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Pouzac good?
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 90 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Victor Duruy in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pouzac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,170/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pouzac grades B− for cost of living.
About Pouzac
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Pouzac is a commune of 1,099 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute-Bigorre. 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
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.
