Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly a quarter of homes.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Sare has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Sare 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.
Maison dite Ihartze Artéa · Inscrit · Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Harrieta171 (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY 2.5
Sare’s story
Sare in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Sare, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
That’s 33 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 98% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1982.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1982First protected: Église Saint-Martin
2003Most recently protected: Maison dite Ihartze Artéa
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: François de Dijon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Redoute d'Ermitebaita et son ouvrage avancé: Photo: Harrieta171 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Redoute de Mendibidea: Photo: Harrieta171 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sare.
History
Old homes shape Sare: 21% were built before 1919, more than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and across compared French towns
9historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 9 historic monuments in Sare, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Per 10,000 residents, Sare counts 33 protected monuments. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Castles and fortifications, 7 of the 9, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Sare is harder to get around on foot than 87% of compared French towns
4%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €25,160 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830). At the census, 4.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The jobless rate is 8.5%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
650
jobs based in Sare, 0.5 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 13% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Sare has fewer young adults than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24
48.3median age
Over-65s are just over a quarter of the population. 17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%). Degrees are held by 23% of adults.
SarePyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Sare sees more deaths than 51% of compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Sare is Polyclinique Cote Basque Sud, 7.1 mi away. 408 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 335: 22% above. Its care home for older people (112 places) counts its residents as Sare’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. 6 GPs practise here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Sare · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Cote Basque Sud
13.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Cote Basque
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Kattalin Aguirre: Maitane Azurmendi, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Baptiste Elizanburu: La Vasconia, revista Ilustrada, Buenos Aires, Public domain · Ellande Larronde: MFonzatti, CC BY-SA 4.0
About Sare
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sare is a commune of 2,763 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
2,763 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
19.9 sq mi (51.7 km²)
INSEE code
64504
Sare’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sare
Is Sare safe?
Sare has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sare expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.32/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sare grades C− for cost of living.
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.
