--- entity_id: city:fr:insee5:64445 entity_type: city name: Pau country_code: FR country: France slug: pau canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/pau/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/pau.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/pau.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/fr/pau snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-07-31 fact_count: 15 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Pau Pau is a city in France. Annual NO₂ was 10.8 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual PM10 was 12.7 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 16.3% at the end of 2022. In 2021, the foreign population was 8,655. Its population was 80,441 at the start of 2024. Annual PM2.5 was 7.53 µg/m³ in 2024. ## Population The city covered 31.5 km² in 2022. Population density was 2,495.1 people per km² in 2022. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 8,655 people | city | 2021 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 80,441 people | municipality | 2025-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | aging | verified | [2] | | NO₂ — latest reading | `air_quality_no2_current_ug_m3` | 4.88 µg/m³ | city | 2026-07-15 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [3] | | Gigabit broadband availability | `broadband_gigabit_availability_percent` | 98.66 % | city | 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [4] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 16.2578 % | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-26 | stale | verified | [5] | | NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 10.7636 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 12.6742 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 7.5305 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 11.2 · Feb 12.3 · Mar 15.5 · Apr 17.5 · May 21 · Jun 24.1 · Jul 25.9 · Aug 26.5 · Sep 23.9 · Oct 20.1 · Nov 14.5 · Dec 12 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan 2.4 · Feb 2.5 · Mar 5 · Apr 7.4 · May 11 · Jun 14.1 · Jul 15.8 · Aug 15.7 · Sep 12.8 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 5.5 · Dec 3 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 6.8 · Feb 7.4 · Mar 10.3 · Apr 12.5 · May 16 · Jun 19.1 · Jul 20.9 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 18.3 · Oct 15 · Nov 10 · Dec 7.5 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 101.8 · Feb 82.8 · Mar 85.7 · Apr 106.4 · May 104.2 · Jun 85.7 · Jul 64.1 · Aug 64.7 · Sep 76.8 · Oct 91.5 · Nov 132 · Dec 98.1 mm | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average sunshine by month | `climate_monthly_sunshine_h` | Jan 100 · Feb 121 · Mar 163 · Apr 166 · May 186 · Jun 196 · Jul 213 · Aug 210 · Sep 193 · Oct 150 · Nov 107 · Dec 99 hours | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 31.51 km2 | place | 2022-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [8] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 2,495.0809 people/km² | place | 2022-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [8] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Sources 1. Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1 — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip 2. France official denominator source — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8680726/ensemble.zip 3. 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. — Official source — https://files.data.gouv.fr/ineris/lcsqa/concentrations-de-polluants-atmospheriques-reglementes/temps-reel/2026/FR_E2_2026-07-15.csv 4. 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. — Official source — https://data.arcep.fr/fixe/maconnexioninternet/statistiques/2026_T1/commune/commune_debit.csv 5. INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8581605/TD_ACT1_2022_csv.zip 6. 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation. — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AirQualityDownloadServiceEUMonitoringStations/MapServer 7. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PAU-UZEIN — Official source — https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/France/CSV/PAU_UZEIN_07610.csv 8. A-ccepted source for city area and derived population density — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2521169/base_cc_comparateur_csv.zip ## Cite ImmigrationDB. "Pau, France." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-07-31. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/pau/ Reuse requires the direct source URL, the observation date and a link back to the ImmigrationDB page: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/pau/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/pau.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/pau.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/fr/pau - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json