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A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,032 people.
Arette’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability. Second homes make up 62% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Arette 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.
The 2 things Arette does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arette 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.
Arette has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Arette, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1968.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arette.
The 65-and-over age group makes up 29% of residents. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Arette | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €2,070/m², lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€2,784/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses sell for €1,796/m² in Arette, apartments for €2,085/m². The market in the town: 112 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,796/m² | 34 |
| Apartments | €2,085/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 4 general practitioners in Arette. The nearest emergency department to Arette is Centre hospitalier Oloron, 9 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 119 residents of Arette died, against 128 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. In Pyrénées-Atlantiques, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Households’ median disposable income: €23,340 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Arette number 350, against 450 residents in work (0.8 per worker). 11.7% of the town’s 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Arette, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Arette has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancienne abbaye laïque: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Arette.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arette | 1,032 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Oloron-Sainte-Marie | 10,684 | 8.7 | A− | B+ | C | B |
| Mauléon-Licharre | 2,972 | 13 | A+ | A | A+ | B+ |
| Monein | 4,446 | 17 | — | B− | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Arette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arette grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Arette is a commune of 1,032 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
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.