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In Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 5,695 residents.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 18.4% unemployment. Overall, that makes an A−, good for #16 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It comes out better than four fifths of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Mourenx 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 3 things Mourenx does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mourenx as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Girons, in Monein, 4.1 mi away.
1.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Mourenx is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mourenx.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques costs less to buy into than Mourenx, at €1,297/m², the lowest of 45. The median price, €1,297/m², comes from 171 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026. Apartments in Mourenx sell for €1,030/m², houses for €1,667/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,667/m² | 75 |
| Apartments | €1,030/m² | 96 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Mourenx is 97.1%, about level with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (96.5%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #14 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. At the general lycée, 98% of 121 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre BourdieuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 45 | 89%+10 pts |
| Lycée Albert CamusNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 121 | 98%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €20,730 a year. No commute at all: 2.1% of working residents in Mourenx at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
29% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 14%, close to Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 11% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Mourenx | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 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.
Mourenx has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Mourenx is Centre hospitalier Orthez, 10.7 mi away. 786 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 796: 1% below. Women in Pyrénées-Atlantiques live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Of the graded crimes in Mourenx, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For 2025, the figures show 138 offenses in the town. With 2,850 jobs for 1,850 working residents, Mourenx draws people in from neighbouring communes. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 10.7 violent offenses and 12 graded property crimes a year.
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 armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 2.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
One notable person was born in Mourenx.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mourenx is a commune of 5,695 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C+ for safety, #23 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #14 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,297/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mourenx grades A 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 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.