Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
97 people live in this town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
There are no grades for Sost: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 52% of its housing. Over-65s are just over two fifths of the population.
The 2 things Sost does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sost as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Ourde, 2.2 mi away.
40% 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 Sost.
Over-65s are 42% of the population. Children under 15 make up 11%, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 6.9% of the population.
44% women, 56% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Sost | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 11% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 42% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 34% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 7% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (12.4%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Sost didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 3.2% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
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.
The market in Sost: 11 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Sost is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sost yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sost | 97 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montréjeau Haute-Garonne | 2,648 | 11 | C− | A− | D | D |
| Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne | 12,139 | 15 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Lannemezan | 5,811 | 16 | C− | A | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Sost is a commune of 97 people in the Communauté de communes Neste Barousse. 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) · 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.