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The town has 1,120 residents and lies in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health is a strength (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,781/m² takes 4.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Pays de Nay. It is hard to get around without a car: 22% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Montaut 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 Montaut does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montaut 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.
Montaut 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 Montaut as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Notre-Dame, in Lestelle-Bétharram, 0.6 mi away.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Montaut. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montaut.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Montaut is Centre hospitalier Tarbes Lourdes site Lourdes, 7.9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 119 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 80, 33% fewer. Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Unemployment stood at 8.3%, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.5% of commuters travelled at the census.
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.45/m² a month, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€13.04/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Sales in Montaut from July 2023 to June 2026: 33 houses and apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.36/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,781/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% are under 15, higher than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 29% of adults. Half the people of Montaut are older than 48.6.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Montaut | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Montaut is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Montaut.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Montaut 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 15.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montaut grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montaut is a commune of 1,120 people in the Communauté de communes Pays de Nay. 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.