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A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 1,167 people.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on schools (A−) — bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Walkability is its weak spot (D−): 41% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Sendets 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 Sendets does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sendets 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.
Sendets has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Sendets as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Foy, in Morlaàs, 3.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sendets.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
60 deaths in Sendets between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 96: 37% below. At birth, a girl in Pyrénées-Atlantiques can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Sendets is Centre hospitalier de Pau, 4.5 mi away.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Per resident in work, Sendets counts 0.2 jobs (100 jobs, 550 workers). 5.8% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 3.5% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
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.
The bac pass rate near Sendets is 89.0%, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (96.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest general lycée is 4.6 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La HourquieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 168 | 99%+3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Haute-Vue Pau-MorlaàsNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 106 | 89%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. 49% of adults hold a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Sendets | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 23 homes were sold in Sendets. A house rents for an estimated €11.44/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Sendets. Best known first.
Nothing in Sendets 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 Sendets yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Sendets has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Sendets is a commune of 1,167 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées. 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 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.