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Some 1,036 people live in this town, in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Residents are healthier than most (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools are a strength too (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Getting around depends on the car (C−): 35% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It has 2,250 jobs for 450 working residents.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Lacq 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.
The one thing Lacq does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lacq 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.
Lacq has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lacq as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Commanderie de Caubin, in Arthez-de-Béarn, 2 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lacq.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 110 deaths in Lacq from 2016 to 2025; there were 65, 41% fewer. At birth, a girl in Pyrénées-Atlantiques can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Lacq is Centre hospitalier Orthez, 9 mi away. There is one general practitioner here.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2.7 mi off. General-bac pupils go 4.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 24 homes in Lacq.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €27,330 a year per consumption unit, about level with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 3.3% of working residents in Lacq to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under-15s account for 16% of the population. Residents of Lacq have a median age of 47.1. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 10% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Lacq | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Lacq is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Lacq as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Lacq has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 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 89% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lacq is a commune of 1,036 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
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.