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172 people call this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.

Is Lacommande a good place to live?

Lacommande is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 33% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Lacommande stand out

The one thing Lacommande does most differently from other towns.

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Ancienne commanderie
Ancienne commanderie · Classé · Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Lacommande’s story

Lacommande in pictures

Lacommande has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1962.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1962First protected: Ancienne commanderie
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lacommande.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Lacommande than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 10% are under 15

36% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up a third of the town, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. At 51.9, the median resident of Lacommande sits in the middle of the age range.

51.9median age
LacommandePyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lacommande
LacommandePyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Under 1510%15%17%
15–2410%9.3%11%
25–4415%22%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+33%25%22%
No diploma19%15%19%
CAP or BEP23%25%26%
Baccalauréat14%18%18%
Higher education36%36%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Lacommande keeps more of its old housing than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Lacommande is Ancienne commanderie.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

10th c.
oldest protected part
1962
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Lacommande walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 2.5%

7.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,870 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 7.6% of working residents in Lacommande at the census.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Lacommande, 0.2 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Lacommande costs less than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.26/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Lacommande.

€10.26/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lacommande€10.26/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€13.04/m²
€10.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.13 to €12.96/m² a month)
€10.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lacommande

11pages on Lacommande

Landmarks

Lacommande has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Blaise: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0 · Ancienne commanderie: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0

Famous people from Lacommande

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lacommande yet.

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Lacommande’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pyrénées-Atlantiques →
MoneinLescarJurançonBillèreLonsGelosMoneinLescarJurançonBillèreLonsGelosLacommande
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lacommande172—————
Monein4,4464.3—B−—B
Lescar9,4555.6AC−C+A−
Jurançon7,0406BC+B−B+
Billère14,3846.3BC+C+A
Lons13,6066.5A−CBA−
Gelos3,6376.9AC+AA−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Lacommande

Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Lacommande is a commune of 172 people in the Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez. 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

Population
172 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.3 km²)
INSEE code
64299

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.