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The town has 1,028 residents and lies in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Igon’s best grade is for schools — bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 1.8 points above the expected rate. Cost of living is a strength too — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 67% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Igon 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 Igon 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.
Igon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Igon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1970.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Igon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Vincent: Photo: Mj.galais · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Igon.
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. At the two general lycées, 99% of 215 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri IVNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 95%+1 pt |
| Lycée Paul ReyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 132 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 118 | 100%+3 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.
House rents are put at about €9.60/m² a month. The market in Igon: 25 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Igon holds 300 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. 4.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €26,800 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. Its care home for older people (67 places) counts its residents as Igon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 19% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 160 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 216, 35% more. The nearest emergency department to Igon is Centre hospitalier Tarbes Lourdes site Lourdes, 10 mi away.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
27% of residents are 65 or over, near Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 16%. People aged 15 to 24 are 10% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Igon | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Igon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Igon. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Igon yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Igon is a commune of 1,028 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Igon 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 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
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.