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A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 165 people.
Espéchède has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 11% of homes.
The one thing Espéchède does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Espéchède as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Auriol, in Gabaston, 3.5 mi away.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Espéchède 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 Espéchède.
Degrees are held by 38% of adults, close to Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (36%) and above compared French towns (30%). Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Half the people of Espéchède are older than 43.8.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Espéchède | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €25,130 a year per consumption unit, lower than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Espéchède didn’t travel to work at all. Unemployment runs at 9.4%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.27/m² a month. Sales in Espéchède from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Espéchède yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Espéchède is a commune of 165 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
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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 4, 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.