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It is a town of 1,146 residents in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Where it does best is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes are strong: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Most journeys need a car (D−). It has 850 jobs for 550 working residents.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Mont 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 Mont 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.
Mont has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Mont 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, 3.5 mi away.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mont.
At the census, 3.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 8.3% are unemployed. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,810 a year.
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.
Sales in Mont from July 2023 to June 2026: 21 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children under 15 make up 18% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Mont | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 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.
Average lifespans in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women, 81.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 65 residents of Mont died, against 79 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Mont is Centre hospitalier Orthez, 6.4 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Nothing in Mont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Mont as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Mont has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mont is a commune of 1,146 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
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 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.