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It is a town of 2,988 residents in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie. It skews older: 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Safety is its strong suit — an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Prices are modest for what you get (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The catch is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of #2 of 12 in Hautes-Pyrénées. That leaves it better than 82% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 2 things Soues does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Soues 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 Soues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison natale du maréchal Foch, actuellement Musée Foch, in Tarbes, 2.4 mi away.
3.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Soues. Best known first.
GardenJardin Massey4 km northwest, in Tarbes
MuseumMusée Massey4.1 km northwest, in Tarbes
MuseumMaison natale du maréchal Foch3.9 km northwest, in TarbesGardenGardenParc Bel-Air2.4 km northwest, in TarbesAttractionAttractionCloître de Saint-Sever-de-Rustan3.9 km northwest, in TarbesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Soues.
On the Safety Grade, Soues ranks 2nd of the 12 compared towns in Hautes-Pyrénées. All told, Soues had 17 recorded offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (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 · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (19.2% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,740/m²: 111 houses and apartments sold in Soues between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 78% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 111 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,914/m² | 87 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, higher than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (14%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 28% of the population. Graduates make up 25% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Soues | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 328 deaths in Soues from 2016 to 2025; there were 270, 18% fewer. 6 GPs practise in the town.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Unemployment stood at 10.9%, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (12.4%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €24,760 a year per consumption unit. 2.3% of Soues’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 87% passed the bac pro, of 458 candidates at 6 lycées. Schools rank #9 of 14 in Hautes-Pyrénées. Collège pupils travel 1.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VoltaireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 90 | 88%−3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Marie CurieNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 369 | 97%±0 pts |
| 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 Soues is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Soues as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 12 in Hautes-Pyrénées.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #9 of 14 in Hautes-Pyrénées. 97% of 369 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Marie Curie in 2025, at 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 €1,740/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Soues grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Soues is a commune of 2,988 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.