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1,326 people live in this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Jobs and pay hold up well (A+): 2.2 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for cost of living, B− for health and C+ for walkability. It has 1,650 jobs for 750 working residents. 17% of residents are 15 to 24.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Uzein 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 2 things Uzein does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Uzein 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.
Uzein 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 Uzein 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, 4.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Uzein.
13% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. The age that splits Uzein in two is 35.5.
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Uzein | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.2% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 30% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, nearly a fifth of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €27,030 a year per consumption unit, in line with Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
The nearest emergency department to Uzein is Polyclinique Pau Pyrenees site Navarre, 6.7 mi away. Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 58 residents of Uzein died, against 65 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 18 homes in Uzein.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Uzein 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 Uzein yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Uzein has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Uzein is a commune of 1,326 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 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.