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A town of 1,341 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health (C−). It is hard to get around without a car: 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Boeil-Bezing 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.
The one thing Boeil-Bezing does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boeil-Bezing 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.
Boeil-Bezing has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Boeil-Bezing as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison carrée ou de Jeanne d'Albret, in Nay, 3.1 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boeil-Bezing.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,570 a year per consumption unit, about level with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Boeil-Bezing number 150, against 600 residents in work (0.2 per worker). At the census, 3.4% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 104 deaths in Boeil-Bezing from 2016 to 2025; there were 104, about as many. Adjusted for age and care homes, Boeil-Bezing records 100 deaths per 100 expected, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (83) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to Boeil-Bezing is Centre hospitalier de Pau, 8.1 mi away. At birth, a girl in Pyrénées-Atlantiques can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,131/m², lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€2,784/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €10.66/m² a month. The market in Boeil-Bezing: 36 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,131/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
20% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 37% of adults. People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Boeil-Bezing | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 3.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Paul ReyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 132 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums and heritage in and near Boeil-Bezing. Best known first.
Nothing in Boeil-Bezing is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Boeil-Bezing as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Boeil-Bezing 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 3.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Boeil-Bezing grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Boeil-Bezing is a commune of 1,341 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Nay. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.