A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Pupils here do better than most (A): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 2.7 points above the expected rate. Lescar ranks #12 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, with an A overall. Set against the rest, it does better than 85% of compared French towns. Work and incomes are strong: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 8.4% unemployment. The trade-off is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Lescar 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.
Restes de la tour de l'Esquirette: Photo: Flo641 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Porte monumentale: Photo: Flo641 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de l'Assomption, ancienne cathédrale: Photo: Flo641 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lescar.
Schools
Bac results near Lescar run high: 99.4% passed, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns
99%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Lescar, 96.3% passed the brevet, close to Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). School results put the town #13 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in Lescar run below what its ages would predict: 74 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 779 deaths in Lescar between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 946: 18% below. 8 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Lescar · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Pau Pyrenees site Navarre
4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Pau Pyrenees site Navarre
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Lescar goes for €2,577/m², an apartment for €2,668/m². The estimated advertised rent is €13.70/m² a month, near Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€13.04/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 72% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lescar€2,618/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€2,784/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,577/m²
200
Apartments
€2,668/m²
77
€13.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.23 to €16.70/m² a month)
7.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Lescar run higher than in both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns: a median €29,380 a year per consumption unit
13%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment stood at 8.4%, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Lescar didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 5.2% of working residents in Lescar to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
Public transport5%
Bicycle4%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
6,350
jobs based in Lescar, 1.5 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
4 historic monuments in Lescar, the oldest from Antiquity
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Lescar is Église de l'Assomption, ancienne cathédrale. 4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (5.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Lescar hold a degree than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 43%
48.4median age
Children under 15 make up 15%, near Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Lescar has a median age of 48.4 years. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 10% of the town.
LescarPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education43%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
More crime per resident in Lescar than in 56% of compared French towns
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Of the graded crimes in Lescar, criminal damage came up most often (2025). The police record for Lescar lists 231 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.9 (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in Lescar (6,350 to 4,150): it draws people in from around.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage67
Burglary41
Family violence30
Vehicle theft30
Sexual violence27
Other physical violence19
Theft from vehicles17
Theft without violence65
Fraud58
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
231
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Stanislas Fumet: Original uploader was Creib at fr.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5
About Lescar
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lescar is a commune of 9,455 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
Population
9,455 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
10.2 sq mi (26.5 km²)
INSEE code
64335
Lescar’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lescar
Is Lescar safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #23 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 67 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lescar good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #13 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lescar expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lescar grades C− for cost of living.
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.
