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949 people call this town in Finistère, Brittany home.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Gourlizon has none.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gourlizon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Le Juch, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Gourlizon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gourlizon.
The under-15s are 18% of the population here. 28% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Finistère’s towns (34%) and compared French towns (30%). Gourlizon has a median age of 43.7 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Gourlizon | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Gourlizon holds 100 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. 3.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €25,220 a year per consumption unit, below Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Sales in Gourlizon from July 2023 to June 2026: 26 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Gourlizon. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Gourlizon as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Gourlizon is a commune of 949 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Bigouden. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.