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A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 112 people.
There are no grades for Borce: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Holiday and other second homes account for 64% of homes.
The one thing Borce does most differently from other towns.
Borce has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest date from the 16th century.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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Borce has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. Ages in Borce split evenly at 46.9: half are older, half younger. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, lower than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and near compared French towns (22%).
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Borce | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Borce number 100, against 50 residents in work (2.3 per worker). 32.4% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stands at 10.0%.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.92/m² a month. Sales in Borce from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Borce has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ensemble fortifié du Portalet: Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Borce yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Borce is a commune of 112 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Béarn. 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) · 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.