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A town in Aisne, Hauts-de-France, home to 572 people.
Gouy isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Gouy counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1986.
Éloi Blériot, born in 1891, is the one person born in Gouy before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gouy.
18% of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, below both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 20% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Gouy | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Gouy is Ancienne abbaye du Mont-Saint-Martin. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century. The pre-1919 share of homes is 8.7%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
100 jobs are based in Gouy, for 250 working residents (0.3 per worker). 15.3% of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €24,600 a year per consumption unit, higher than Aisne’s towns (€20,680) yet lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Josquin des PrésNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 46 | 80%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 41 | 95%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €6.97/m² a month. The market in Gouy: 19 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Gouy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Gouy.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouy | 572 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Masnières Nord | 2,689 | 7.9 | B+ | A− | B | D |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,890 | 8.3 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois | 5,605 | 9.1 | C+ | A+ | D | D− |
| Saint-Quentin | 52,813 | 11 | D | B | D− | D |
| Caudry Nord | 13,833 | 11 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
| Proville Nord | 3,206 | 11 | B+ | B+ | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Gouy is a commune of 572 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays du Vermandois. 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 October 30, 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.