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Over-65s are 37% of the population. A town of 1,177 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Laruns’s strongest subject is walkability (A): just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is another plus: 1.4 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,077/m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Ossau.
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. Laruns 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 3 things Laruns does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Laruns 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.
Laruns has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Laruns; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1957.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Laruns.
Half of residents lived on more than €24,400 a year per consumption unit, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 6.5%. Public transport took 2.8% of Laruns’ working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 are 6.4% of the population. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Laruns are older than 56.9.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Laruns | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 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.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Laruns records 94 deaths per 100 expected. 4 GPs practise in the town. Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 214 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 235, 10% more.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Laruns; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Laruns sell for €1,778/m² and apartments for €2,178/m². 71 sales of houses and apartments in the town, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,077/m². Among the homes sold, 48% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,778/m² | 34 |
| Apartments | €2,178/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Laruns. Best known first.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Laruns; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Chapelle de Gabas: Photo: Mj.galais · CC BY-SA 3.0
2 notable people were born in Laruns.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laruns | 1,177 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Nay | 3,184 | 16 | A | B+ | A− | C− |
| Gan | 5,676 | 16 | A | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Argelès-Gazost Hautes-Pyrénées | 2,761 | 17 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
| Oloron-Sainte-Marie | 10,684 | 17 | A− | B+ | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Laruns has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,077/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Laruns grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Laruns is a commune of 1,177 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Ossau. 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 4, 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.
