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CamePyrénées-Atlantiques

In Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 1,024 residents.

Is Came a good place to live?

Where it does best is schools — brevet results at the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car: nearly a third of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive (C+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 39% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.

Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Came 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.

How Came grades

Each subject compares Came 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.

How grading works

Came has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

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

No historic monuments in Came

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Bidache, in Bidache, 1.9 mi away.

34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Came.

Work & commuteJobs & income B+

Came is harder to get around on foot than 95% of compared French towns

After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,220 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 6.9% of the labour force are out of work. For its 450 residents in work, Came has 500 jobs: 1.1 each.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
500
jobs based in Came, 1.1 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,220
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 5% of compared French towns

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

Schools

96.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one.

96.0%passed the brevetA−School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Came96.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège du Pays de BidacheNearest collègeCollègeCollège4696%±0 pts
96.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth A−

Came loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 76 per 100 expected, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

73 deaths in Came between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 96: 24% below. The nearest emergency department to Came is Centre hospitalier de Saint Palais, 11.1 mi away. Women in Pyrénées-Atlantiques live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.

−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw76
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Came · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Saint Palais
11.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Saint Palais
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.

HousingCost of living C+

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Came is €12.27/m² a month

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

The market in Came: 18 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 94% of what sold.

€12.27/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Came€12.27/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€13.04/m²
€12.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.47 to €15.91/m² a month)
€10.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque

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

Who lives here

Few people in Came are 65 or over: 21%, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns

The share of residents under 15 is 18%. 29% of adults hold a degree, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (36%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Residents of Came have a median age of 44.6.

44.6median age
CamePyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education29%

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 Came
CamePyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–249.7%9.3%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+21%25%22%
No diploma18%15%19%
CAP or BEP29%25%26%
Baccalauréat20%18%18%
Higher education29%36%30%

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

Nearby attractions

Musée de la chaise and 2 more in and around Came

Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Came. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Came

14pages on Came

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Came

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

How we find them →

Came’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 →
PeyrehoradeSalies-de-BéarnPouillonBriscousUrcuitHasparrenPeyrehoradeSalies-de-BéarnPouillonBriscousUrcuitHasparrenCame
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Came1,024——C+—A−
Peyrehorade Landes3,7004.9CCB−C
Salies-de-Béarn4,7428.9A−B−AC−
Pouillon Landes3,13410—C—C+
Briscous2,96512—C−—C−
Urcuit3,04712—C+—A
Hasparren7,62613A−C−A+C

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

Questions about Came

Is Came safe?

Came has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 3.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Came good?

They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

About Came

Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Came is a commune of 1,024 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque. 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
1,024 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
13.2 sq mi (34.2 km²)
INSEE code
64161

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 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.