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This town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has a population of 1,077.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,801/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de Lacq-Orthez.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Puyoô 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 Puyoô does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Puyoô 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.
Puyoô has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Puyoô as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bellocq, in Bellocq, 0.6 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Puyoô.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Puyoô is Centre hospitalier Orthez, 7.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 101 residents of Puyoô died, against 138 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. In Pyrénées-Atlantiques, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Pyrénées-Atlantiques town has 3 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,801/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Puyoô from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,801/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 8.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 14.4% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older. 17% are under 15, higher than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and near compared French towns (17%). Residents of Puyoô have a median age of 48.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Puyoô | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Puyoô is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Puyoô yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puyoô | 1,077 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Salies-de-Béarn | 4,742 | 3.9 | A− | B− | A | C− |
| Pouillon Landes | 3,134 | 7 | — | C | — | C+ |
| Orthez | 10,881 | 7.2 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
| Peyrehorade Landes | 3,700 | 9.9 | C | C | B− | C |
| Narrosse Landes | 3,387 | 13 | B+ | C | A− | B+ |
| Dax Landes | 22,109 | 14 | D | C | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Puyoô has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 12.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,801/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Puyoô grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Puyoô is a commune of 1,077 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
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.