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654 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Barcus has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up just over a tenth of its housing. It skews older: 32% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Barcus does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Barcus as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Blaise, in L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise, 4.6 mi away.
41% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Barcus 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 Barcus.
Children are just over a tenth of the town. Over-65s are nearly a third of the population. Line up the people of Barcus by age and the one in the middle is 54.2.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Barcus | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Median disposable income comes to €22,780 a year per consumption unit. Barcus has 200 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.6 per worker. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.50/m² a month. Houses made up 95% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. 19 houses and apartments changed hands in Barcus from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2 notable people were born in Barcus.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Barcus is a commune of 654 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque. 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 →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcus | 654 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mauléon-Licharre | 2,972 | 6 | A+ | A | A+ | B+ |
| Oloron-Sainte-Marie | 10,684 | 8.3 | A− | B+ | C | B |
| Monein | 4,446 | 14 | — | B− | — | B |
| Mourenx | 5,695 | 15 | A− | A | C+ | C |
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 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.