Find your town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques has 545 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 45 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 66 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Pyrénées-Atlantiques is like
The median ranked town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques grades highest on schools and safety against towns across France, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
21 of 35 (60%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for Pyrénées-Atlantiques, with what drives each gradeDépartement report cardHow Pyrénées-Atlantiques compares with France’s other départements, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
35 towns · ordered by Pyrénées-Atlantiques rank
8 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
500 smaller towns and villages in Pyrénées-Atlantiques
With the 45 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 545 communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
434 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Pyrénées-Atlantiques
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Pyrénées-Atlantiques
What is the best place to live in Pyrénées-Atlantiques?
Mauléon-Licharre ranks first of 35 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A+) and cost of living (A) are its strongest grades; jobs & income (B) is its lowest. Serres-Castet and Morlaàs follow.
How do the biggest towns in Pyrénées-Atlantiques grade?
Pau (80,441 people) grades C+ overall, with its best grade in walkability. Bayonne (54,306 people) grades C+ overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques on TownRatings?
Yes: all 545 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 45 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 66 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 434 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Bassussarry and Bordes and Briscous and Lahonce and 6 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Mauléon-Licharre, Tangopaso (Public domain) · Serres-Castet, Marcel Roblin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Morlaàs, France64160 (Public domain) · Mouguerre, Daniel VILLAFRUELA . (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Artix, Jean Michel Etchecolonea (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cambo-les-Bains, Marianne Casamance (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Gan, France64160 (Public domain) · Idron, France64160 (CC0) · Ustaritz, A1AA1A (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Nay, Le Commissaire (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Gelos, C1972 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Lescar, Flo641 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Lons, France64160 (CC0) · Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Myrabella (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Ascain, Eusebius (CC BY 3.0) · Mourenx, Szeder László (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Hasparren, Jvillafruela (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Salies-de-Béarn, Claudine Vigneau (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Arcangues, Harrieta171 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Urrugne, Olivier Bouillaud (CC BY-SA 2.5) · Bizanos, Michaël64 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Orthez, MOSSOT (CC BY 3.0) · Saint-Pierre-d'Irube, A1AA1A (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, Unknown author (Public domain) · Anglet, TONIODELBARRIO6464 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Billère, Mairie de Billère (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Jurançon, Victor Petit (Public domain) · Biarritz, Daniel VILLAFRUELA . (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Johan Allard (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Bidart, Gruson-Daniel (CC BY-SA 2.5) · Pau, Michael64 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Hendaye, Harrieta171 (CC BY 2.5) · Bayonne, Daniel VILLAFRUELA (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Boucau, Daniel Villafruela . (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #57 of November 4, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.