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ArgetPyrénées-Atlantiques

A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 76 people.

Is Arget a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Arget out for now.

Arget’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Arget’s story

No historic monuments in Arget

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Morlanne, 2.1 mi away.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arget.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Arget than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 9% are under 15

38% of adults hold a degree, higher than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (36%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Line up the people of Arget by age and the one in the middle is 53.4.

53.4median age
ArgetPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Arget
ArgetPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Under 159%15%17%
15–249%9.3%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6437%27%26%
65+24%25%22%
No diploma20%15%19%
CAP or BEP25%25%26%
Baccalauréat15%18%18%
Higher education38%36%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Arget than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 2.8%

12.2% of the labour force were unemployed, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs based in Arget number 50, against 50 residents in work (0.6 per worker). Also worth knowing: at the census, 11.1% of working residents in Arget didn’t travel to work at all.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot3%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Arget, 0.6 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Arget than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or across compared French towns: €8.16/m² a month

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

3 houses and apartments changed hands in Arget from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.16/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Arget€8.16/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€13.04/m²
€8.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.55 to €10.17/m² a month)
€8.65/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 Arget

11pages on Arget

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Arget

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

How we find them →

Arget’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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques →
HagetmauArtixSauvagnonMourenxOrthezSerres-CastetHagetmauArtixSauvagnonMourenxOrthezSerres-CastetArget
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Arget76—————
Hagetmau Landes4,6248.4AB+AC
Artix3,47710AB+AC+
Sauvagnon3,57912—B−—B+
Mourenx5,69513A−AC+C
Orthez10,88113B+BB−B−
Serres-Castet4,41814A+BA+B+

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

About Arget

Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arget is a commune of 76 people in the Communauté de communes des Luys en 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

Population
76 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1.5 sq mi (4 km²)
INSEE code
64044

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.