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Is Avensac a good place to live? Avensac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Avensac’s grade
Overall Not graded
Why Too small to grade
What makes Avensac stand out The one thing Avensac does most differently from other towns.
Château · Inscrit · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Avensac’s story
Avensac in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Avensac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1983.
52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Jean-Charles Danjoy, born in 1806, is the one person born in Avensac before 1900 that Wikidata records.
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The data Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avensac.
Who lives here
More people in Avensac hold a degree than in Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 42% For Avensac, that is above both Gers’ towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 18% of residents.
49.2 median age
Ages · share of residents Under 15 15–24 25–44 45–64 65+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education No diploma 5%
CAP or BEP 29%
Baccalauréat 18%
Higher education 42%
Women and men · all residents 46% women, 54% men
Men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Avensac Avensac Gers median France median Under 15 18% 13% 17% 15–24 9.7% 8.5% 11% 25–44 15% 18% 23% 45–64 29% 27% 26% 65+ 28% 34% 22% No diploma 5.5% 25% 19% CAP or BEP 29% 24% 26% Baccalauréat 18% 18% 18% Higher education 42% 24% 30%
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Avensac keeps more of its old housing than Gers or compared French towns: 52% built before 1919 France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Avensac sits above both Gers’ towns (21%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Avensac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
1 historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée Classé 0
Inscrit 1
14th c.
oldest protected part
1983
first monument protected
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Avensac than in Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 6.7% That puts Avensac below both Gers’ towns (12.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Avensac has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
7% walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023 Driving 87%
On foot 3%
Public transport 3%
Bicycle 0%
Motorbike or scooter 0%
0
jobs based in Avensac, 0.2 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Avensac than in Gers’ towns or across compared French towns: €7.28/m² a month Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Avensac is below both Gers’ towns (€9.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€7.28/m² estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month Avensac €7.28/m²
Median of towns €12.41/m²
Gers median €9.96/m²
€7.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.99 to €8.85/m² a month)
€7.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Avensac 12 pages on Avensac
Landmarks Avensac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
All monuments → Famous people from Avensac One notable person was born in Avensac.
Their page → How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Avensac Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Avensac is a commune of 73 people in the Communauté de communes Bastides de Lomagne. 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
Population 73 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Bastides de Lomagne
Département Gers (32)
Région Occitanie
Area 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km²)
INSEE code 32021 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.
