Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 142 residents in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Jasses is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 15% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 36% of the population.
The 2 things Jasses does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Jasses as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Enceinte bastionnée, in Navarrenx, 1 mi away.
50% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Jasses 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 Jasses.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about level with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.3%) and below compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 12%. Typical age in Jasses: 56.3, the median.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Jasses | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 11% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 9.8% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 3.6% of working residents in Jasses to work at the census.
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 Jasses from July 2023 to June 2026: 8 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums and family days out in and near Jasses. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Jasses yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Jasses is a commune of 142 people in the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves. 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 →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasses | 142 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mourenx | 5,695 | 7.4 | A− | A | C+ | C |
| Monein | 4,446 | 8.6 | — | B− | — | B |
| Mauléon-Licharre | 2,972 | 9.1 | A+ | A | A+ | B+ |
| Oloron-Sainte-Marie | 10,684 | 11 | A− | B+ | C | B |
| Artix | 3,477 | 11 | A | B+ | A | C+ |
| Orthez | 10,881 | 12 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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.