Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 4,374 residents.
Morlaàs’s overall grade is A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. That places it #3 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Crime is low: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It is strong on jobs & income as well — 1.5 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Morlaàs 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.
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The 2 things Morlaàs does most differently from other towns.
Morlaàs has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.
Wikidata records 2 people born in Morlaàs before 1900, the earliest Armand Lostalot, in 1752.
Morlaàs has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Sainte-Foy: Photo: Iñaki LL · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Morlaàs.
With 2,850 jobs for 1,850 working residents, Morlaàs draws people in from neighbouring communes. In all, 41 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 6.2% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Morlaàs, 89.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (96.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #28 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La HourquieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 168 | 99%+3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Haute-Vue Pau-MorlaàsNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 106 | 89%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Pyrénées-Atlantiques live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its three care homes for older people (62 places) count their residents as Morlaàs’; allowing for them, deaths were 20% below expected. 388 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 426: 9% below.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 89% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 115 homes were sold in Morlaàs. House rents are put at about €11.03/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,425/m² | 102 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Morlaàs is Église Sainte-Foy. 5.4% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (5.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 8.2%, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,740 a year per consumption unit. The census found nearly one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% are under 15, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Ages in Morlaàs split evenly at 46.8: half are older, half younger. The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Morlaàs | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and gardens in and near Morlaàs. Best known first.
3 notable people were born in Morlaàs.
Antoine de Salinis: Alphonse Baril, CC BY-SA 4.0
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Morlaàs is a commune of 4,374 people in the Communauté de communes du Nord Est 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A for safety, #11 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns and #28 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Morlaàs grades C+ for cost of living.
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 8, 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.