Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, this town has 70 residents.
Gourdièges has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 18% of homes here are second homes. 15- to 24-year-olds are 14% of the population.
The 2 things Gourdièges does most differently from other towns.
Gourdièges has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1985.
53% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gourdièges.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 11th century. Gourdièges has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Children are nearly a fifth of the town. People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, lower than both Cantal’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 14% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Gourdièges | Cantal median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 46% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 28% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 5.6% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Gourdièges didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Gourdièges. Best known first.
Gourdièges has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gourdièges yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourdièges | 70 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Flour | 6,391 | 12 | A+ | A | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Gourdièges is a commune of 70 people in the Saint-Flour Communauté. 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 4, 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.