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A town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, home to 60 people.
Sireix has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Just over half of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Sireix does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sireix as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Savin, in Saint-Savin, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sireix is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sireix.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%). Degrees are held by 18% of adults. Sireix has a median age of 52.3.
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Sireix | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 39% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.8% of Sireix’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 82% drove.
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.
2 houses and apartments changed hands in Sireix from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Sireix. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sireix yet.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Sireix is a commune of 60 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sireix | 60 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Argelès-Gazost | 2,761 | 3.6 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
| Lourdes | 13,266 | 10 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Pontacq Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2,925 | 15 | — | A | — | B |
| Nay Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3,184 | 15 | A | B+ | A− | C− |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 17 | C+ | B− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 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.