Living in Bagnères-de-Bigorre
In Bagnères-de-Bigorre, advertised rents for new lettings average €9.35 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12% (2022).
The city covered 125.9 km² in 2026. Population density was 56.5 people per km² in 2023. The city had 10 schools in 2026. There were 253 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 9.26 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 12% at the end of 2022. Annual PM2.5 was 8.12 µg/m³ in 2024. For Bagnères-de-Bigorre, gigabit broadband availability was 82.2% in March 2026. Its population was 7,114 at the start of 2023.
Cheaper rent than 80% of French cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 87% of French cities that publish it and cleaner air than 62% of French cities that publish it.
Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Average net cold rent is 9.35 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges.
Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.
- Average net rent (nettokalt): 9.35 EUR/m²/month · static.data.gouv.fr22
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 42.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange Livebox Fibre18Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.99 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Orange 100GB mobile plan17Official · national market |
| Housing vacancy rate (legacy series) | 745.7 % | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE6Official |
| Dwellings | 8,005 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 3,831 dwellings | 31 Dec 2023 | INSEE7Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 9.35 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €11.60 | 31 Dec 2025 | static.data.gouv.fr22Official |
Is Bagnères-de-Bigorre a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 561 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9.35 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.
Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The unemployment rate is about 12 % (2022).
- Unemployment rate: 11.98 % · INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10
Bagnères-de-Bigorre 12.0%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 82.22 % | 3 Aug 2026 | Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)2Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 82.22 % | 31 Mar 2026 | Independent ARCEP municipal count of premises eligible for the >=1 Gbit/s fixed advertised-speed class, divided by the ARCEP type=all municipal premises denominator. This is availability/eligibility, not adoption, measured speed, FTTH-only coverage or mobile coverage.5Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,575 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2022 | www.insee.fr24Official |
| Unemployment rate | 11.98 %country median 11.0% | 31 Dec 2022 | INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune10Official |
What does a salary buy in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions. | €1,961 |
| Rent, 60 m²€9.35/m² · official · static.data.gouv.fr · 2025-12-31 | − €561 |
| Internet€43 · official · Orange Livebox Fibre · 2026-09-30 | − €43 |
| Mobile plan€20 · official · Orange 100GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30 | − €20 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €1,337 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bagnères-de-Bigorre. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
France Travail — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Bagnères-de-Bigorre. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 10 schools | 27 May 2026 | RNEE exact Code_commune; etat=OUVERT; code_nature 100-199 or 300-399; unique UAI count.20Official · commune |
| Primary schools | 6 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)13Official |
| Schools | 10 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)13Official |
School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: UPE2A (unités pédagogiques pour élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés) + UPE2A-NSA variant. How to enrol a child (education.gouv.fr).
A country-wide rule for France; Bagnères-de-Bigorre's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care doctors per 100,000 residents | 253 per 100,000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | INSEE BPE 2024 commune equipment and PMUN denominator evidence8Official |
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 278.8 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2011 | DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Bagnères-de-Bigorre when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Police recorded about 7,033 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)3
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 7,033 incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 | 31 Dec 2025 | Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)3Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Bagnères-de-Bigorre. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course
État français and OFII
For eligible non-EU foreign residents.
DIAN language-training offer finder — Other
Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN
For people seeking French-language training.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.12 µg/m³ · 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1
Night-time low to daytime high
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hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre 8.1
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 9.26 µg/m³country median 14.8 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 3.8 µg/m³ | 15 Jul 2026 | Latest valid NO2 hourly station observation on the official LCSQA E2 current-day extract, mapped to the exact INSEE centre through an exact normalized station-name crosswalk to EEA station metadata.12Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 12.83 µg/m³country median 14.2 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 8.12 µg/m³country median 8.5 | 2024 | 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation.1Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 10.5 · Feb 11.5 · Mar 14.6 · Apr 16.5 · May 19.9 · Jun 23.3 · Jul 25.2 · Aug 25.7 · Sep 23 · Oct 19.3 · Nov 13.9 · Dec 11.4 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 1.1 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 3.8 · Apr 6 · May 9.8 · Jun 13.2 · Jul 15.1 · Aug 15.1 · Sep 12 · Oct 8.8 · Nov 4.4 · Dec 1.9 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 5.8 · Feb 6.5 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 11.3 · May 14.9 · Jun 18.2 · Jul 20.1 · Aug 20.4 · Sep 17.5 · Oct 14.1 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 6.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 99.1 · Feb 82.9 · Mar 84.4 · Apr 111.6 · May 110.6 · Jun 80.9 · Jul 70.9 · Aug 67.4 · Sep 73.6 · Oct 82.5 · Nov 120.8 · Dec 96.3 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 114 · Feb 129 · Mar 168 · Apr 170 · May 188 · Jun 196 · Jul 206 · Aug 207 · Sep 194 · Oct 156 · Nov 118 · Dec 112 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES23Official · nearest-station reading |
Annual PM2.5 fell 18.8% between 2013 and 2024, from 10.0 to 8.1.
Similar climate. In France: Reims ±1.9 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±2.3 °C, Werl (Germany) ±2.3 °C, Bremerhaven (Germany) ±2.6 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±2.9 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±3.1 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month
Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.
Population and city profile
How many people live in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The published population was 7,114 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9
By nationality
National passport95.2%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 125.9 km² | 31 Dec 2026 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official |
| Foreign residents | 345 people | 2021 | Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT115Official |
| Population density | 56.52 people/km² | 31 Dec 2023 | Séries historiques en 2023 — Recensement de la population, base des principaux indicateurs, communes de France hors Mayotte21Official |
| Population | 7,114 people | 1 Jan 2023 | INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune9Official |
International community in Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Citizenship
Population resident in France excluding Mayotte; INSEE RP2023 NAT; total age and sex · 2023 Census
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,114 | 100.0% |
| Français | 6,704.167 | 94.2% |
| Etranger | 409.833 | 5.8% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 0 count | 3 Aug 2026 | Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)14Official |
Alternatives for people set on Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.
Bordères-sur-l'Échez as a Bagnères-de-Bigorre alternative in the same region
23 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,033 Bordères-sur-l'Échez vs 7,033 Bagnères-de-Bigorre−71%
- Unemployment: 9.0% Bordères-sur-l'Échez vs 12.0% Bagnères-de-Bigorre−25%
- Rent: €8.90/m² Bordères-sur-l'Échez vs €9.35/m² Bagnères-de-Bigorre−5%
- Residents: 5,399 Bordères-sur-l'Échez vs 7,114 Bagnères-de-Bigorre−24%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,575 Bordères-sur-l'Échez vs €2,575 Bagnères-de-Bigorresame level
- Annual PM2.5: 8.1 µg/m³ Bordères-sur-l'Échez vs 8.1 µg/m³ Bagnères-de-Bigorresame level
Massy as a Bagnères-de-Bigorre alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 651 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.
- Residents: 51,729 Massy vs 7,114 Bagnères-de-Bigorre+627%
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 776.4 Massy vs 278.8 Bagnères-de-Bigorre+178%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,317 Massy vs €2,575 Bagnères-de-Bigorre+29%
- Rent: €20.08/m² Massy vs €9.35/m² Bagnères-de-Bigorreno percentage
- Nearest airport: 6.0 km Massy vs 18.0 km Bagnères-de-Bigorre−67%
- Unemployment: 9.7% Massy vs 12.0% Bagnères-de-Bigorre−19%
- Annual PM2.5: 9.8 µg/m³ Massy vs 8.1 µg/m³ Bagnères-de-Bigorre+21%
Cities near Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The published population was 7,114 people in January 2023. Source: INSEE populations légales 2023 par commune.
How much does it cost to rent in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Average net cold rent is 9.35 EUR/m² per month (2025-Q3), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 655 EUR a month before utilities. Source: static.data.gouv.fr.
Is the air quality good in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation..
How safe is Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Police recorded about 7,033 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026).
What is the unemployment rate in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The unemployment rate is about 12 % (2022). Source: INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune.
What is the typical salary around Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The median gross salary is 2,575 EUR/month. Source: www.insee.fr.
Is Bagnères-de-Bigorre a good place to live?
Bagnères-de-Bigorre may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
Which cities are near Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
Lourdes, Séméac, Tarbes, Lannemezan, Aureilhan are near Bagnères-de-Bigorre. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Bagnères-de-Bigorre?
The official citizenship distribution records 6,704.167 people (94.2%) in the source-defined population for 2023 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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