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1,194 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Jobs & income is its strong suit: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. At the median price of €2,553/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn. Its weakest is walkability (D) — 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Mazerolles 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 Mazerolles 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.
Mazerolles 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 Mazerolles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Morlanne, 5.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mazerolles.
Unemployment runs at 6.0%. 2.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,920 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8% of residents are 15 to 24, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town. At 42.6, the median resident of Mazerolles sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Mazerolles | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 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.
127 deaths in Mazerolles between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 112: 14% above. The nearest emergency department to Mazerolles is Polyclinique Pau Pyrenees site Navarre, 10.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Mazerolles can choose among 5 GPs. Life expectancy at birth in Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
32 sales of houses and apartments in Mazerolles, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,553/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €10.50/m² a month. Houses were 97% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,516/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Mazerolles 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 Mazerolles yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazerolles | 1,194 | — | — | B− | — | C+ |
| Artix | 3,477 | 5.5 | A | B+ | A | C+ |
| Sauvagnon | 3,579 | 5.5 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Serres-Castet | 4,418 | 7 | A+ | B | A+ | B+ |
| Lescar | 9,455 | 8.1 | A | C− | C+ | A− |
| Mourenx | 5,695 | 9 | A− | A | C+ | C |
| Lons | 13,606 | 9.2 | A− | C | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mazerolles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,553/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mazerolles grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mazerolles is a commune of 1,194 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) · 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.