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OuillonPyrénées-Atlantiques

The town, home to 553 people, lies in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Ouillon a good place to live?

There are no grades for Ouillon: French towns need 1,000 residents for them.

Ouillon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ouillon’s story

No historic monuments in Ouillon

The Culture ministry lists no building in Ouillon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Maison Auriol, in Gabaston, 2.1 mi away.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Ouillon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ouillon.

Who lives here

Ouillon is a graduates’ town: 51% hold a degree, more than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns

41median age

The under-15s are just over a fifth of the population here. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%.

OuillonPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma5%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education51%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ouillon
OuillonPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Under 1522%15%17%
15–2410%9.3%11%
25–4425%22%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+17%25%22%
No diploma5.2%15%19%
CAP or BEP21%25%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%18%
Higher education51%36%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Ouillon are out of work than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or across compared French towns: 4.7%

6%walk, cycle or take transit

6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Ouillon number 50, against 250 residents in work (0.1 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €29,840 a year per consumption unit.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Ouillon, 0.1 per working resident
4.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

99.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate

99.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The bac pass rate near Ouillon is 89.0%, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (96.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 7 mi off.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ouillon99.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Ouillon89.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège La HourquieNearest collègeCollègeCollège16899%+3 pts
Lycée professionnel Haute-Vue Pau-MorlaàsNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée10689%−2 pts
89%
passed the vocational bac, −2 pts against the expected rate
99.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Ouillon is €11.74/m² a month

€11.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Sales in Ouillon from July 2023 to June 2026: 5 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €11.44/m² a month.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ouillon€11.74/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€13.04/m²
€11.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.72 to €14.17/m² a month)
€11.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Ouillon

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Famous people from Ouillon

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About Ouillon

Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Ouillon is a commune of 553 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

Population
553 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Nord Est Béarn
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
2.5 sq mi (6.4 km²)
INSEE code
64438

Ouillon’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 →
MorlaàsIdronBizanosBordesPauGelosMorlaàsIdronBizanosBordesPauGelosOuillon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ouillon553—————
Morlaàs4,3742.5A+C+AB+
Idron5,3404.7AC−AA+
Bizanos4,5926.2A−CC+A
Bordes2,8726.3—B—B−
Pau80,4416.9C+C+C−B−
Gelos3,6378.1AC+AA−

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 4, 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.