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AudauxPyrénées-Atlantiques

With 171 residents, it is a town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Audaux a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Audaux is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Château
Château · Inscrit · Photo: Claudine Vigneau · CC BY-SA 3.0
Audaux’s story

Audaux in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Audaux; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2015.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie, born in 1726, is the one person born in Audaux before 1900 that Wikidata records.

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Landmarks

Audaux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Audaux.

Who lives here

Audaux has fewer young adults than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 7.5% are 15 to 24

51.2median age

Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and above compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 17%. Degrees are held by 41% of adults.

AudauxPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education41%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Audaux
AudauxPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–247.5%9.3%11%
25–4419%22%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+26%25%22%
No diploma14%15%19%
CAP or BEP23%25%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education41%36%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Audaux: 35% 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.

The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Audaux; none is classé, France’s top protection.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
17th c.
oldest protected part
2015
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Audaux, 3.9%, runs below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns

5%walk, cycle or take transit

At the census, 5.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Audaux has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.7 per worker. Households’ median disposable income: €25,370 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter5%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Audaux, 0.7 per working resident
3.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
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 Audaux than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.84/m² a month

€10.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

The market in Audaux: 6 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Audaux€10.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€13.04/m²
€10.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.48 to €13.85/m² a month)
€8.88/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 Audaux

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Famous people from Audaux

One notable person was born in Audaux.

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About Audaux

Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Audaux is a commune of 171 people in the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves. 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
171 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.4 km²)
INSEE code
64075

Audaux’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 →
MourenxOrthezSalies-de-BéarnMauléon-LicharreMoneinArtixMourenxOrthezSalies-de-BéarnMauléon-LicharreMoneinArtixAudaux
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Audaux171—————
Mourenx5,6958.3A−AC+C
Orthez10,8818.9B+BB−B−
Salies-de-Béarn4,74210A−B−AC−
Mauléon-Licharre2,97210A+AA+B+
Monein4,44611—B−—B
Artix3,47711AB+AC+

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

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.