Bidache’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Bidache 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 Bidache 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bidache.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Bidache’s ages would predict, 61 per 100 expected, under Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Bidache is Centre hospitalier de Saint Palais, 11.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 127 residents of Bidache died, against 148 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Pyrénées-Atlantiques town has 4 family doctors.
−39%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted61
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Bidache · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Palais
11.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Palais
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Bidache’s median home price is €2,758/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.97/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 88% were houses. Bidache recorded 42 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,758/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bidache€2,758/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€2,784/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,760/m²
37
€13.03/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.24 to €16.57/m² a month)
7.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer commuters in Bidache walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 5.1%
10.8% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bidache has 350 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.6 per worker. No commute at all: 6.2% of working residents here at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Bidache, 0.6 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 28% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Bidache keeps more of its old housing than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 2014, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Bidache has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Château de Bidache. Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bidache
Is Bidache safe?
Bidache has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Bidache good?
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bidache expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.03/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bidache grades C− for cost of living.
About Bidache
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bidache is a commune of 1,338 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
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.
