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Home to 1,583 people, this town lies in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,408/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Nord Est Béarn. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Soumoulou 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.
Each subject compares Soumoulou 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.
Soumoulou 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 Soumoulou as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison Auriol, in Gabaston, 6.6 mi away.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Soumoulou 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 Soumoulou.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 96 residents of Soumoulou died, against 116 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Soumoulou is Centre hospitalier de Pau, 9.1 mi away. In Pyrénées-Atlantiques, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Soumoulou can choose among 5 GPs.
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.
The median price, €2,408/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Soumoulou from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 39 homes were sold locally. Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,420/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Also worth knowing: 34% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Soumoulou | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Soumoulou has 500 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.7 per worker. No commute at all: 5.0% of working residents locally at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.9%, about level with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Soumoulou as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Soumoulou is a commune of 1,583 people in the Communauté de communes du Nord Est 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 →
Soumoulou has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,408/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Soumoulou 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.