Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 285 residents, it is a town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
At under 1,000 residents, Sarpourenx is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sarpourenx as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges du château Moncade, in Orthez, 3.6 mi away.
16% 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 Sarpourenx.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.3%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older. The age that splits Sarpourenx in two is 46.1.
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Sarpourenx | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,490 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 7.5%, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 5.1% of Sarpourenx’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Sarpourenx, 96.0% passed the bac, near Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (96.5%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2.9 mi off. General-bac pupils go 3.5 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Daniel ArgoteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 95%+3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel MolièreNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 51 | 96%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.54/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 4 homes in Sarpourenx.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Sarpourenx. Best known first.
Nothing in Sarpourenx 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 Sarpourenx 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarpourenx | 285 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orthez | 10,881 | 3.8 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
| Mourenx | 5,695 | 7.4 | A− | A | C+ | C |
| Artix | 3,477 | 8.4 | A | B+ | A | C+ |
| Salies-de-Béarn | 4,742 | 10 | A− | B− | A | C− |
| Monein | 4,446 | 12 | — | B− | — | B |
| Hagetmau Landes | 4,624 | 15 | A | B+ | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sarpourenx is a commune of 285 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) · 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.