Arudy’s best grade is for schools (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. It also does well on cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Homes go for a median €1,647/m². 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Arudy 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 Arudy 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Arudy has fewer young adults than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 7.9% are 15 to 24
50.3median age
16% are under 15, higher than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 25% have a degree. Typical age in Arudy: 50.3, the median.
ArudyPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Money is tighter in Arudy than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €24,430 a year per consumption unit
9%walk, cycle or take transit
7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per resident in work, Arudy counts 1.1 jobs (1,000 jobs, 900 workers). No commute at all: 4.7% of working residents in the town at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,000
jobs based in Arudy, 1.1 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 69% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Arudy sees fewer deaths than 66% of compared French towns
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Arudy is Centre hospitalier Oloron, 11.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 250 residents of Arudy died, against 303 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 83 per 100 expected, near Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (83) and lower than compared French towns (88). Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Arudy · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Oloron
15.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Pau Pyrenees site Navarre
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Arudy: 20% were built before 1919, more than in both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 17th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Arudy; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Arudy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Police and gendarmerie figures for Arudy show 23 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.9 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage18
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud7
Theft without violence5
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.
2.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
34.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (34.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Arudy is a commune of 2,228 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Ossau. 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
2,228 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Ossau
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
10.9 sq mi (28.3 km²)
INSEE code
64062
Arudy’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
