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A town of 1,223 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Espoey’s strongest is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Espoey 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 Espoey 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.
Espoey has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Espoey as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison carrée ou de Jeanne d'Albret, in Nay, 6.9 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Espoey.
Half of residents lived on more than €28,010 a year per consumption unit, above both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 3.8% of commuters travelled at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 5.7%.
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.
Sales in Espoey from July 2023 to June 2026: 27 houses and apartments. Houses made up 89% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Espoey is Centre hospitalier de Pau, 10.8 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (83) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 89 residents of Espoey died, against 92 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Women in Pyrénées-Atlantiques live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up 42% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Espoey | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Espoey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Espoey yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Espoey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Espoey is a commune of 1,223 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
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.