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SersHautes-Pyrénées

The town, home to 104 people, lies in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.

Is Sers a good place to live?

Sers has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 76% of its housing. 28% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Sers stand out

The 2 things Sers does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Vincent
Église Saint-Vincent · Inscrit · Photo: Sotos · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sers’ story

Sers in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sers; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1979First protected: Église Saint-Vincent
Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Jardin botanique du Tourmalet and 9 more in and around Sers

Other places to visit, museums and gardens in and near Sers. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sers.

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Sers than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or across compared French towns: 45% of adults

The 15-to-24 age group: 6.7%, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 make up 13% of residents. Half of Sers is older than 53.5, half younger.

53.5median age
SersHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education45%

Women and men · all residents

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.

Ages and diplomas in Sers
SersHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1513%14%17%
15–246.7%9.6%11%
25–4418%20%23%
45–6435%26%26%
65+28%29%22%
No diploma20%18%19%
CAP or BEP17%29%26%
Baccalauréat16%19%18%
Higher education45%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Sers keeps more of its old housing than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sers; none is classé, France’s top protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
1979
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Sers, 1.9%, runs below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

At the census, 3.8% of commuters got to work without a car.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport4%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Sers, 0.2 per working resident
1.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Sers is €10.74/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €9.48/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 7 homes were sold in Sers.

€10.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sers€10.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€10.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.03 to €14.37/m² a month)
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sers

12pages on Sers

Landmarks

Sers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Vincent: Photo: Sotos · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Sers

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sers yet.

How we find them →

Sers’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Hautes-Pyrénées →
Argelès-GazostBagnères-de-BigorreLourdesArgelès-GazostBagnères-de-BigorreLourdesSers
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sers104—————
Argelès-Gazost2,76111B+CAC+
Bagnères-de-Bigorre7,11414C+B−C−C
Lourdes13,26615CB+DC−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Sers

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Sers is a commune of 104 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. 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

Population
104 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
11.9 sq mi (30.7 km²)
INSEE code
65424

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 October 30, 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.