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A town of 1,271 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health is its strong suit (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay hold up well (A−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.2% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: 36% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Lée 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 Lée 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.
Lée has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Lée does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lée as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Foy, in Morlaàs, 3.9 mi away.
3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Lée is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lée.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
61 deaths in Lée between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 102: 40% below. In Pyrénées-Atlantiques, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Lée is Centre hospitalier de Pau, 3.8 mi away.
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.
Unemployment stood at 5.2%, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 5.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 3.6 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jeanne d'AlbretNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 169 | 85%−4 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Ursule PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 122 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) but below compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 8.9% of residents. Over-65s are nearly a quarter of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Lée | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 56% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Lée: 29 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 6 offenses in Lée. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 8.1. In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes locally.
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 family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 52.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and family days out in and near Lée. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Franqueville4.7 km west, in BizanosTheme parkTheme parkYoupi Parc Pau3.5 km north, in MorlaàsChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Idron1.8 km west, in IdronPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lée yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lée is a commune of 1,271 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Lée has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 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.