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1,226 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Arbus’s strongest is schools (A) — brevet results a point above the expected rate. Health is a strength too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−). Prices are high against local incomes: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 41% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Arbus 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 Arbus 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.
Arbus has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Arbus does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Arbus as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Assomption, ancienne cathédrale, in Lescar, 3.3 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Arbus 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 Arbus.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.4% of commuters at the census. Unemployment stood at 5.8%, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,380 a year. 100 jobs are based in Arbus, for 600 working residents (0.1 per worker).
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.
The town’s pupils have a collège 3.1 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simin PalayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 186 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.54/m² a month. Sales in Arbus from July 2023 to June 2026: 17 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
66 deaths in Arbus between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 84: 22% below. The nearest emergency department to Arbus is Polyclinique Pau Pyrenees site Navarre, 7.5 mi away. At birth, a girl in Pyrénées-Atlantiques can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 make up 18% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Arbus | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
One notable person was born in Arbus.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Arbus is a commune of 1,226 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Arbus has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns. 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 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.