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BouillonPyrénées-Atlantiques

Population 159: a town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Bouillon a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Bouillon is too small for the grades other French towns get. Few residents are of retirement age: 14% are 65 or over.

What makes Bouillon stand out

The one thing Bouillon does most differently from other towns.

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Bouillon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Bouillon’s story

No historic monuments in Bouillon

The Culture ministry lists no building in Bouillon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Morlanne, 1.9 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bouillon.

Who lives here

Children make up 25% of Bouillon, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns

Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, above both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Bouillon is 38.3 years old. Graduates make up 33% of adults.

38.3median age
BouillonPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bouillon
BouillonPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Under 1525%15%17%
15–2412%9.3%11%
25–4426%22%23%
45–6422%27%26%
65+14%25%22%
No diploma18%15%19%
CAP or BEP28%25%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education33%36%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Bouillon, 1.3%, runs below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €25,320 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830). At the census, 2.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Bouillon, 0.2 per working resident
1.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Bouillon costs less than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.43/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

A house rents for an estimated €9.56/m² a month. Bouillon recorded 3 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.43/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bouillon€9.43/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€13.04/m²
€9.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.45 to €11.95/m² a month)
€9.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bouillon

12pages on Bouillon

Landmarks

Nothing in Bouillon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Bouillon

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bouillon yet.

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Bouillon’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pyrénées-Atlantiques →
ArtixSauvagnonSerres-CastetMourenxLescarHagetmauArtixSauvagnonSerres-CastetMourenxLescarHagetmauBouillon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bouillon159—————
Artix3,4777.4AB+AC+
Sauvagnon3,5798.9—B−—B+
Serres-Castet4,41810A+BA+B+
Mourenx5,69511A−AC+C
Lescar9,45512AC−C+A−
Hagetmau Landes4,62412AB+AC

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Bouillon

Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Bouillon is a commune of 159 people in the Communauté de communes des Luys en 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

Population
159 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.3 km²)
INSEE code
64143

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.