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The town, home to 2,007 people, lies in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health is a strength (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is walkability (D−). Homes sell for a median €2,523/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Nord Est Béarn.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Buros 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 Buros does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Buros 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.
Buros 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 Buros as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Foy, in Morlaàs, 2.7 mi away.
3.2% 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 Buros.
Unemployment runs at 7.7%. 3.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 850 residents in work, Buros has 250 jobs: 0.3 each.
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.
Women in Pyrénées-Atlantiques live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 103 deaths in Buros between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 150: 31% below. 3 GPs practise here.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Buros, 90.1% passed the bac, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (96.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 236 candidates at 2 lycées. The nearest collège is 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La HourquieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 168 | 99%+3 pts |
| Lycée Saint-John-PerseNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 290 | 96%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,523/m²: 43 houses and apartments sold in Buros between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.87/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.41/m² a month, in line with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€13.04/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,523/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A fifth of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 8.5% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Buros | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 52% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and family days out in and near Buros. Best known first.
Nothing in Buros is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Buros.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Buros has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 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.
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns. 96% of 290 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-John-Perse in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,523/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Buros grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Buros is a commune of 2,007 people in the Communauté de communes du Nord Est 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) · 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 8, 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.