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Population 221: a town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Lonçon is too small for the grades other French towns get. Just 13% of residents are 65 or older.
The one thing Lonçon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lonçon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Morlanne, 6.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lonçon.
6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 42% of adults. Line up the people of Lonçon by age and the one in the middle is 40.8.
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Lonçon | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €28,050 a year per consumption unit, above both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and compared French towns (€25,970). 3.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 5.5% of working residents in Lonçon didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Lonçon recorded 5 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €9.56/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lonçon 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 Lonçon yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lonçon is a commune of 221 people in the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn. 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 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.