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Over-65s are 28% of the population. The town has 7,040 residents and lies in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
A strong record with one exception. Its strongest subject is walkability (A): 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The catch is jobs & income (C) — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 12.4% unemployment. It also trails on cost of living (C+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes a B, good for #27 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. That leaves it better than 62% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety and B for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Jurançon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Jurançon 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Jurançon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine du château de Pau ou château Henri IV, in Pau, 1 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Jurançon. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Pau1.8 km northeast, in Pau
MuseumMusée Bernadotte2.2 km northeast, in Pau
ChâteauChâteau de Franqueville3.7 km east, in BizanosChâteauChâteauChâteau de Perpignàain townMuseumMuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Pau2.8 km northeast, in PauPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Jurançon.
12.4% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Jurançon didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income is €25,370 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children are 15% of the town. Degrees are held by 36% of adults, about level with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (36%) and above compared French towns (30%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Jurançon | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (84 places) counts its residents as Jurançon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 18% below expected. 907 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,025: 12% below. Average lifespans in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. For a family doctor, residents of Jurançon can choose among 8 GPs.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Jurançon, houses go for €2,369/m² and apartments for €1,929/m². Among the homes sold, 51% were houses. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.54/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,369/m² | 126 |
| Apartments | €1,929/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Jurançon is 93.9%, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (96.5%). Results rank its schools #36 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. At the five general lycées, 97% of 1,468 candidates passed the bac, 1.4 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ernest GabardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 142 | 96%+2 pts |
| Lycée Louis BarthouNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 463 | 96%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-CricqBest against expectations: 44 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 65 | 83%+44 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Jurançon, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 176 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 9.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.4.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Jurançon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Jurançon.
Annie Famose: Kroon, Ron / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stan Rougier: Memed3, CC BY-SA 3.0
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It grades B− for safety, #21 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 47 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #36 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. 96% of 463 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louis Barthou in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Jurançon grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Jurançon is a commune of 7,040 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.