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BuzietPyrénées-Atlantiques

479 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Buziet a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Buziet falls below the line for grades.

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

No historic monuments in Buziet

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

The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit Calhau-de-Teberno, in Buzy, 1.9 mi away.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

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

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buziet.

Who lives here

Few people in Buziet are 15 to 24: 8.6%, fewer than in both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns

48.2median age

16% are under 15, higher than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). Buziet has a median age of 48.2. Retirement age and beyond: 23% of residents are 65 or older.

BuzietPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Buziet
BuzietPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–248.6%9.3%11%
25–4420%22%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+23%25%22%
No diploma10%15%19%
CAP or BEP33%25%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education33%36%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Buziet, 6.6%, runs below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns

4%walk, cycle or take transit

Jobs based in Buziet number 50, against 200 residents in work (0.3 per worker). At the census, 3.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,850 a year.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Bicycle2%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Buziet, 0.3 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
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 Buziet costs less than in both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.09/m² a month

€10.09/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 15 homes were sold in Buziet. Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Buziet€10.09/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€13.04/m²
€10.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.17 to €12.46/m² a month)
€8.92/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 Buziet

12pages on Buziet

Famous people from Buziet

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

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About Buziet

Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Buziet is a commune of 479 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

Population
479 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Haut Béarn
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code
64156

Buziet’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 →
GanOloron-Sainte-MarieGelosJurançonNayBordesGanOloron-Sainte-MarieGelosJurançonNayBordesBuziet
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Buziet479—————
Gan5,6766.8AC+A+B+
Oloron-Sainte-Marie10,6847.7A−B+CB
Gelos3,63711AC+AA−
Jurançon7,04011BC+B−B+
Nay3,18411AB+A−C−
Bordes2,87212—B—B−

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

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 9, 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.