Coarraze’s strongest is schools: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 1.8 points above the expected rate. It is strong on cost of living as well (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too: 62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Coarraze 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.
Each subject compares Coarraze 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coarraze.
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Coarraze than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 97.1%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 90% passed the bac pro, of 60 candidates at 2 lycées. A collège lies 1.5 mi away. At the two general lycées, 99% of 215 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
A home in Coarraze sells for €1,894/m², less than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.80/m² a month, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€13.04/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.60/m² a month. The market in Coarraze: 54 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,894/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Coarraze€1,894/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€2,784/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,991/m²
46
€10.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.94 to €13.05/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,660
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays de Nay
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Fewer commuters in Coarraze walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 6.4%
The median disposable income was €25,200 a year per consumption unit, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Coarraze number 800, against 850 residents in work (0.9 per worker). 4.3% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
800
jobs based in Coarraze, 0.9 per working resident
10.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 36% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Coarraze sees 92 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 197 residents of Coarraze died, against 214 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Coarraze is Centre hospitalier Tarbes Lourdes site Lourdes, 10.3 mi away. 4 GPs practise in the town.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Coarraze · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Tarbes Lourdes site Lourdes
12.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Pau
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Coarraze: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Coarraze; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Coarraze skews young, with 11% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns
Under-15s account for 17% of the population. Degrees are held by 30% of adults, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (36%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Ages in Coarraze split evenly at 46.5: half are older, half younger.
46.5median age
CoarrazePyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Coarraze
Is Coarraze safe?
Coarraze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Coarraze good?
They grade A, better than 86% of compared French towns. 98% of 132 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Paul Rey in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Coarraze expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Coarraze grades B+ for cost of living.
About Coarraze
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coarraze is a commune of 2,177 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Nay. 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
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.
