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The town has 1,845 residents and lies in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
It is easy to get around without a car (A): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest subject is health (C−). At €2,380/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Mazères-Lezons 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 one thing Mazères-Lezons does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mazères-Lezons 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.
Mazères-Lezons has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mazères-Lezons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Pau, 1.4 mi away.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Mazères-Lezons. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Pau2.5 km northwest, in Pau
MuseumMusée Bernadotte2.6 km northwest, in Pau
ChâteauChâteau de Franqueville1.2 km northeast, in BizanosMuseumMuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Pau2.3 km north, in PauChâteauChâteauHaras national de Gelos1.2 km northwest, in GelosArt galleryArt galleryPavillon des Arts de Pau2.1 km northwest, in PauPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mazères-Lezons.
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,170 a year. At the census, 17.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Mazères-Lezons records 100 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 258 residents of Mazères-Lezons died, about as many as the 258 expected from France’s death rates at each age. In Pyrénées-Atlantiques, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 4 GPs practise locally.
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.
14% are under 15, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.2% of the population. Among adults, 37% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Mazères-Lezons | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Mazères-Lezons, 93.9% passed the bac, lower than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (96.5%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des LavandièresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 155 | 94%−2 pts |
| Lycée Louis BarthouNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 463 | 96%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-CricqBest against expectations: 44 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 65 | 83%+44 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.
45 sales of houses and apartments in Mazères-Lezons, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,380/m². Houses made up 84% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €10.66/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,411/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Mazères-Lezons 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 Mazères-Lezons yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Mazères-Lezons has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.8 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. 96% of 463 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louis Barthou in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,380/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mazères-Lezons grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mazères-Lezons is a commune of 1,845 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) · 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 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.