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MesplèdePyrénées-Atlantiques

Some 325 people live in this town, in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Mesplède a good place to live?

Mesplède has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

Mesplède’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Mesplède’s story

No historic monuments in Mesplède

The Culture ministry lists no building in Mesplède as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Commanderie de Caubin, in Arthez-de-Béarn, 3.8 mi away.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mesplède.

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Mesplède, fewer than in both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8% of the town. Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (36%) and compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Mesplède in two is 53.

53median age
MesplèdePyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mesplède
MesplèdePyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–248%9.3%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6437%27%26%
65+25%25%22%
No diploma22%15%19%
CAP or BEP35%25%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education22%36%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Mesplède are out of work than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or across compared French towns: 5.3%

At the census, 4.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Jobs located in Mesplède: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.3 each). Half of residents lived on more than €26,450 a year per consumption unit, in line with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and compared French towns (€25,970).

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Mesplède, 0.3 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,450
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mesplède than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.52/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Mesplède from July 2023 to June 2026: 11 houses and apartments.

€10.52/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mesplède€10.52/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€13.04/m²
€10.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.37 to €13.22/m² a month)
€8.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mesplède

11pages on Mesplède

Landmarks

Nothing in Mesplède is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Mesplède

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mesplède yet.

How we find them →

Mesplède’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pyrénées-Atlantiques →
OrthezArtixMourenxHagetmauMoneinSalies-de-BéarnOrthezArtixMourenxHagetmauMoneinSalies-de-BéarnMesplède
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mesplède325—————
Orthez10,8816.3B+BB−B−
Artix3,4777.8AB+AC+
Mourenx5,6958.6A−AC+C
Hagetmau Landes4,62411AB+AC
Monein4,44613—B−—B
Salies-de-Béarn4,74214A−B−AC−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Mesplède

Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Mesplède is a commune of 325 people in the Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez. 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
325 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.7 km²)
INSEE code
64382

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.