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With 1,044 residents, it is a town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add schools to its strengths — bac results 0.5 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2.5 points above the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car: 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Agnos has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Agnos 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.
Agnos has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Agnos does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Agnos as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Marie, in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Agnos 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 Agnos.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Pyrénées-Atlantiques live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 101 deaths in Agnos from 2016 to 2025; there were 71, 30% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Agnos is Centre hospitalier Oloron, 2.2 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Agnos, 95.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, between Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (96.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The bac pro: 89% of 92 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. Collège pupils travel 1.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Tristan DerèmeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 96%+4 pts |
| Lycée Jules SupervielleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 140 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 72 | 97%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 4.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Jobs based in Agnos number 100, against 450 residents in work (0.2 per worker). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,090 a year.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Agnos. Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%). Typical age in Agnos: 48, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Agnos | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 1.4 violent offenses and 2.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. More of the graded crimes in Agnos were other physical violence than anything else (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 · For family violence, burglary and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage and museums in and near Agnos. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Oloron2.5 km north, in Oloron-Sainte-MarieChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lassalle1.9 km northeast, in BidosArt galleryArt galleryGalerie Sabaïa2.6 km north, in Oloron-Sainte-MarieMuseumMuseumVilla du Pays d'Art et d'Histoire3.2 km north, in Oloron-Sainte-MariePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Agnos yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Agnos is a commune of 1,044 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Béarn. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnos | 1,044 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Oloron-Sainte-Marie | 10,684 | 1.7 | A− | B+ | C | B |
| Monein | 4,446 | 11 | — | B− | — | B |
| Gan | 5,676 | 12 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Jurançon | 7,040 | 14 | B | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Mauléon-Licharre | 2,972 | 14 | A+ | A | A+ | B+ |
| Mourenx | 5,695 | 14 | A− | A | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Agnos has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 140 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jules Supervielle in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 9, 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.