Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 4,418 people live in this town, in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Its best grade is for safety: an average of 1 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jobs and pay hold up well (A): 2.7 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. Most journeys need a car: 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,618/m², so 70 m² costs 6.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn. The overall grade lands at A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. That places it #2 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Serres-Castet 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.
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The 2 things Serres-Castet does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Serres-Castet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Assomption, ancienne cathédrale, in Lescar, 4.6 mi away.
2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Serres-Castet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Serres-Castet.
Jobs outnumber working residents in Serres-Castet (5,100 to 1,900): it draws people in from around. Over 2025, Serres-Castet logged 29 recorded offenses. Also worth knowing: in 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 13.9% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.1 mi to the nearest lycée. On school results, the town ranks #26 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René ForguesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 168 | 95%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
5.8% 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%). Of those in the labour force, 9.1% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Serres-Castet: 82 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 250 residents of Serres-Castet died, against 303 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% 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. There are 6 general practitioners here.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
112 sales of houses and apartments in Serres-Castet, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,618/m². Of the homes sold, 90% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,688/m² | 101 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Serres-Castet | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and other places to visit in and near Serres-Castet. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Serres-Castet as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Serres-Castet is a commune of 4,418 people in the Communauté de communes des Luys en 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades A+ for safety, #4 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns and #26 of 40 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,618/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Serres-Castet grades B for cost of living.
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.