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1,267 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Jatxou’s strongest subject is schools — bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 2.8 points above the expected rate. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car: 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 42% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Jatxou 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 Jatxou 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.
Jatxou has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Jatxou has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Jatxou.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 95% passed the bac pro, of 58 candidates. A collège lies 1.3 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 74 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-François Xavier PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 99%+3 pts |
| Lycée privé Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 74 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Michel Garicoïtz PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 77 | 99%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Jatxou has 200 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 3.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income is €28,400 a year for each 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.
Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 64 residents of Jatxou died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Jatxou is Clinique Belharra, 6.2 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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.39/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 74% were houses. The market in Jatxou: 23 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up 43% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Jatxou | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 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.
5% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (5.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Jatxou is Église Saint-Sébastien. The oldest protected building goes back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Jatxou. Best known first.
MuseumVilla Arnaga2.7 km south, in Cambo-les-BainsChâteauChâteauChâteau Lota2.3 km west, in UstaritzChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Haïtze2.8 km west, in UstaritzArt galleryArt galleryTtok1.9 km west, in UstaritzMuseumMuseumChocolaterie Musée5 km southeast, in Cambo-les-BainsAttractionAttractionCoin des poètes2.8 km south, in Cambo-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Jatxou has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Chapelle de pélerinage Saint-Sauveur: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Sébastien: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Jatxou yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jatxou | 1,267 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Ustaritz | 7,897 | 2.2 | A | D | A+ | A− |
| Cambo-les-Bains | 6,760 | 2.7 | A | C− | A | A |
| Villefranque | 3,069 | 3.7 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Mouguerre | 5,428 | 5.1 | A+ | D | A+ | A |
| Bassussarry | 3,414 | 5.2 | — | D | — | A− |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Irube | 5,900 | 5.3 | B+ | D | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Jatxou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 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 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Jatxou is a commune of 1,267 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
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 9, 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.