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It is a town of 1,030 residents in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools do well: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 3.5 points above the expected rate. It is hard to get around without a car: 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying in is costly: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Laroin 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 Laroin 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.
Laroin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Laroin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Assomption, ancienne cathédrale, in Lescar, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Laroin. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Laroin.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 2.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Per resident in work, Laroin counts 0.4 jobs (150 jobs, 450 workers). The median disposable income was €28,290 a year per consumption unit, above both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
One GP practises in Laroin. Women in Pyrénées-Atlantiques live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 57 residents of Laroin died, against 87 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% fewer.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 84% of 92 candidates passed the bac pro. The brevet pass rate near Laroin is 95.5%, close to Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 47 | 98%+10 pts |
| Lycée Jacques MonodNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 237 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège privé La Salle - Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 42 | 100%+9 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.
Sales in Laroin from July 2023 to June 2026: 20 houses and apartments. The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, close to Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and above compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Ages in Laroin split evenly at 48.1: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Laroin | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Laroin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Laroin yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Laroin 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 9.3 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 87% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 237 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jacques Monod in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Laroin is a commune of 1,030 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) · 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.