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207 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Castagnède has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 20% of homes. Over-65s are nearly two fifths of the population.
The 2 things Castagnède does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Castagnède as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine du Château Bijou, in Labastide-Villefranche, 2 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Castagnède is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Castagnède.
The under-15s are 15% of the population here. 6.8% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up nearly a third of adults.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Castagnède | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 39% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 7.7%. Castagnède holds 50 jobs; 50 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. 12.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Félix PécautNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 45 | 98%+4 pts |
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 4 homes in Castagnède.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Castagnède. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Castagnède yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Castagnède is a commune of 207 people in the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castagnède | 207 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Salies-de-Béarn | 4,742 | 3.2 | A− | B− | A | C− |
| Peyrehorade Landes | 3,700 | 9 | C | C | B− | C |
| Pouillon Landes | 3,134 | 10 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Orthez | 10,881 | 11 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
| Mauléon-Licharre | 2,972 | 17 | A+ | A | A+ | B+ |
| Narrosse Landes | 3,387 | 17 | B+ | C | A− | 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 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.