Itxassou’s schools beat most (A): brevet results 2.7 points above the expected rate. It is strong on jobs & income as well (A): 1 job per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 47% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Itxassou 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 Itxassou 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Itxassou loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 78 per 100 expected, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Itxassou is Clinique Belharra, 10.5 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 199 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 156, 22% fewer. Average lifespans in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. This Pyrénées-Atlantiques town has one family doctor.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw78
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Itxassou · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Belharra
10.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Belharra
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Buying in Itxassou costs more than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,732/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.87/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€13.04/m²). Houses were 76% of what sold. The market in Itxassou: 49 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€3,732/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Itxassou€3,732/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€2,784/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,474/m²
37
€11.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.20 to €15.32/m² a month)
9.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Unemployment in Itxassou, 5.0%, runs below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns
1,100 jobs are based in Itxassou, for 1,050 working residents (1 per worker). 4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €27,250 a year per consumption unit.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,100
jobs based in Itxassou, 1 per working resident
5.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 26% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Itxassou: 16% 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.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Itxassou is Cromlech d'Arluxatta. Most of the list is tombs and funerary monuments: 2 of 3.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Itxassou are 15 to 24: 7.3%, fewer than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns
37% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%). Ages in Itxassou split evenly at 47.8: half are older, half younger.
47.8median age
ItxassouPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Itxassou
Is Itxassou safe?
Itxassou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Itxassou good?
They grade A, better than 93% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Itxassou expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Itxassou grades C− for cost of living.
About Itxassou
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Itxassou is a commune of 2,248 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque. 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.
