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UzerHautes-Pyrénées

103 people call this town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie home.

Is Uzer a good place to live?

Uzer isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for just over a fifth of homes. Over-65s are 33% of the population.

What makes Uzer stand out

The 2 things Uzer does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Uzer’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Uzer’s story

No historic monuments in Uzer

The Culture ministry lists no building in Uzer as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Vincent, in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, 2.3 mi away.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Uzer.

Who lives here

Children make up only 12% of Uzer, fewer than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, above Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. A third of residents are 65 or over. Ages in Uzer split evenly at 56: half are older, half younger.

56median age
UzerHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education35%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 89 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 Uzer
UzerHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1512%14%17%
15–2412%9.6%11%
25–4418%20%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+33%29%22%
No diploma13%18%19%
CAP or BEP27%29%26%
Baccalauréat14%19%18%
Higher education35%26%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Uzer, 7.7%, runs below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

At the census, 2.8% of commuters got to work without a car.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Public transport3%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Uzer, 0.1 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

98.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 7 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The bac pass rate near Uzer is 89.5%, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 2.4 mi off. At the general lycée, 99% of 90 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.

99%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Uzer98.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Uzer89.5%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Blanche OdinNearest collègeCollègeCollège13698%+7 pts
Lycée polyvalent Victor DuruyNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée9099%+1 pt
99%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
78%
passed the vocational bac, −14 pts against the expected rate
98.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +7 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Uzer than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or across compared French towns: €8.34/m² a month

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

Uzer recorded 3 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.34/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Uzer€8.34/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€8.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.74 to €10.33/m² a month)
€9.30/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 Uzer

13pages on Uzer

Landmarks

Nothing in Uzer is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Uzer

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

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Uzer’s 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 →
Bagnères-de-BigorreBarbazan-DebatSouesLannemezanOdosSéméacBagnères-de-BigorreBarbazan-DebatSouesLannemezanOdosSéméacUzer
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Uzer103—————
Bagnères-de-Bigorre7,1142.2C+B−C−C
Barbazan-Debat3,4789.1A+A−A+A+
Soues2,9889.9A−B+A+B+
Lannemezan5,81110C−ADC−
Odos3,26511—B—A−
Séméac5,23611BBBB

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

About Uzer

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Uzer is a commune of 103 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute-Bigorre. 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
103 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute-Bigorre
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1.4 sq mi (3.6 km²)
INSEE code
65459

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.