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A town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, home to 5,236 people.
Fewer journeys need a car: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Séméac’s overall grade, B, puts it better than 64% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #7 of 12 in Hautes-Pyrénées. A 70 m² home at the median €1,825/m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. The local economy is weaker than most: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 13.3% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Séméac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Séméac 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Séméac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Jardin Massey, in Tarbes, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Séméac. Best known first.
GardenJardin Massey2.5 km northwest, in Tarbes
MuseumMusée Massey2.6 km northwest, in Tarbes
MuseumMaison natale du maréchal Foch2.7 km west, in TarbesGardenGardenParc Bel-Air2.5 km southwest, in TarbesAttractionAttractionCloître de Saint-Sever-de-Rustan2.4 km northwest, in TarbesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Séméac.
At the census, 8.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €24,590 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, near Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (9.6%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Séméac is 50.2 years old. Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Séméac | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 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 median price, €1,825/m², comes from 192 sales of houses and apartments in Séméac from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €9.87/m² a month, near Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€10.24/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 88% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,904/m² | 168 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 639 deaths in Séméac from 2016 to 2025; there were 550, 14% fewer. 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. For a family doctor, residents of Séméac can choose among 3 GPs.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.2 cases of violence against people and 17.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Séméac has 2,600 jobs for 1,950 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Police and gendarmerie recorded 126 offenses here in 2025. Also worth knowing: more of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (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 · Small counts of other physical violence and sexual violence go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.2% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #10 of 14 in Hautes-Pyrénées. At the lycées within 5 km of Séméac, 93.2% passed the bac, in line with Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ValéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 84%−6 pts |
| Lycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 51 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège MasseyBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 47 | 94%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Séméac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Séméac.
Gérard Trémège: Lucie52, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Françoise Marzellier: Wabbitt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Paul Voivenel: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Séméac | 5,236 | — | B | B | B | B |
| Aureilhan | 8,031 | 1.3 | B | B+ | B+ | B |
| Soues | 2,988 | 1.5 | A− | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Tarbes | 44,399 | 1.8 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Barbazan-Debat | 3,478 | 2.2 | A+ | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Odos | 3,265 | 3.3 | — | B | — | A− |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez | 5,399 | 3.6 | A− | B | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #7 of 12 in Hautes-Pyrénées. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 25 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns and #10 of 14 in Hautes-Pyrénées. The lycée stands out: 100% of 51 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Jeanne d'Arc 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,825/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Séméac grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Séméac is a commune of 5,236 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.