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OrdiarpPyrénées-Atlantiques

547 residents make their home in this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Ordiarp a good place to live?

Ordiarp has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 14% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Ordiarp stand out

The one thing Ordiarp does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Michel
Église Saint-Michel · Classé · Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Ordiarp’s story

Ordiarp in pictures

Ordiarp has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1922.

37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1922First protected: Église Saint-Michel
  • 1980Most recently protected: Camp protohistorique fortifié dit de Gastelusare
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Landmarks

Ordiarp has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Michel: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ordiarp.

History

Old homes shape Ordiarp: 37% were built before 1919, more than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns

2historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Ordiarp is Église Saint-Michel. This Pyrénées-Atlantiques town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1922
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Ordiarp has fewer young adults than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24

48.3median age

The share of residents under 15 is 17%. 23% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and near compared French towns (22%). Ages in Ordiarp split evenly at 48.3: half are older, half younger.

OrdiarpPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ordiarp
OrdiarpPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–248%9.3%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+23%25%22%
No diploma15%15%19%
CAP or BEP30%25%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education30%36%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Ordiarp, 2.9%, runs below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns

8%walk, cycle or take transit

For its 250 residents in work, Ordiarp has 200 jobs: 0.7 each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,990 a year per consumption unit. 8.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving77%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
200
jobs based in Ordiarp, 0.7 per working resident
2.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
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 Ordiarp than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or across compared French towns: €8.29/m² a month

€8.29/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €8.50/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 10 homes in Ordiarp.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ordiarp€8.29/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€13.04/m²
€8.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.46 to €10.64/m² a month)
€8.50/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 Ordiarp

12pages on Ordiarp
Nearby attractions

Ahetzia and 4 more in and around Ordiarp

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ordiarp. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Ordiarp

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Ordiarp as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About Ordiarp

Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ordiarp is a commune of 547 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque. 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
547 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
11.9 sq mi (30.9 km²)
INSEE code
64424

Ordiarp’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 →
Mauléon-LicharreOloron-Sainte-MarieMauléon-LicharreOloron-Sainte-MarieOrdiarp
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ordiarp547—————
Mauléon-Licharre2,9723.8A+AA+B+
Oloron-Sainte-Marie10,68417A−B+CB

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

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.