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A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 2,872 people.
A 70 m² home at the median €2,361/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pays de Nay. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for walkability. It has 3,650 jobs for 1,300 working residents.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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. Bordes has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Bordes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bordes 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.
Bordes has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bordes 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, 4.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bordes.
20% are under 15, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents. Among adults, 30% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Bordes | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
71 sales of houses and apartments in Bordes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,361/m². Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,370/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,270 a year per consumption unit.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Bordes is Centre hospitalier de Pau, 6.9 mi away. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Bordes’; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 281 residents of Bordes died, against 259 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. 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.
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 C to B+.
Heritage and museums in and near Bordes. Best known first.
Nothing in Bordes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bordes yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Bordes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,361/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bordes grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bordes is a commune of 2,872 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.