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Is Barran a good place to live? Barran is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Barran’s grade
Overall Not graded
Why Too small to grade
Église · Classé · Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Barran’s story
Barran in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Barran: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1944.
32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1944 First protected: Porte de ville, son pont et son fossé 1981 Most recently protected: Château de Mazères Explore the history →
The data Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barran.
History
Barran keeps more of its old housing than Gers or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919 France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Barran, that is above both Gers’ towns (21%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Barran: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Barran is Château de Mazères.
5 historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée Classé 2
Inscrit 3
12th c.
oldest protected part
1944
first monument protected
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Barran has fewer young adults than Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 5.4% are 15 to 24 Barran sits below both Gers’ towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 19% of residents.
46.5 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 16%
CAP or BEP 25%
Baccalauréat 22%
Higher education 32%
Women and men · all residents 52% women, 48% men
Men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Barran Barran Gers median France median Under 15 19% 13% 17% 15–24 5.4% 8.5% 11% 25–44 23% 18% 23% 45–64 27% 27% 26% 65+ 25% 34% 22% No diploma 16% 25% 19% CAP or BEP 25% 24% 26% Baccalauréat 22% 18% 18% Higher education 32% 24% 30%
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Fewer commuters in Barran walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 4.1% That puts Barran below both Gers’ towns (12.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Barran has 100 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
4% walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023 Driving 91%
On foot 3%
Bicycle 1%
Public transport 0%
Motorbike or scooter 0%
100
jobs based in Barran, 0.4 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
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 Barran than in Gers’ towns or across compared French towns: €8.29/m² a month Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Barran is below both Gers’ towns (€9.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€8.29/m² estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month Barran €8.29/m²
Median of towns €12.41/m²
Gers median €9.96/m²
€8.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.70 to €10.25/m² a month)
€7.89/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 Barran 11 pages on Barran
Landmarks The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Barran: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
All monuments → Photo credits Château de Mazères: Photo: Guyon (début 20e siècle) · Public domain · Église de la Castagnère: Photo: DomiSalle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Porte de ville, son pont et son fossé: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0 · Pigeonnier de Bonnefont: Photo: DomiSalle · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Barran Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Barran yet.
How we find them →
How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Barran Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Barran is a commune of 692 people in the Communauté de communes Val de Gers. 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 692 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Val de Gers
Département Gers (32)
Région Occitanie
Area 20.3 sq mi (52.5 km²)
INSEE code 32029 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.
