Eauze, #1 on this list · Photo: Steph32 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gers · 2026

Best places to live in Gers

Eauze ranks first of 9 ranked towns of 2,500 or more in Gers, and #213 of 3,798 French towns. 5 of the 9 grade A− or better; scores run from 69.8 down to 46.0.

The overall score, sorted within the département; the letter compares each town with every French town of 2,500+, and its rank among French towns sits beside it. How grades work

Eauze

4,108 people

Score 69.8·#213 of 3,798 French towns

Strongest: safety A, schools A⁻·lowest: jobs & income B⁻

Lectoure

3,670 people

Score 65.8·#398 of 3,798 French towns

Strongest: safety A⁺, cost of living B⁺·lowest: schools C⁺

Gimont

3,146 people

Score 64.8·#455 of 3,798 French towns

Strongest: cost of living A⁻, walkability B⁺·lowest: schools B⁻

All 9 towns, ranked

By overall score against French towns; ranks are within the département, and each French rank links to the national list.

Every town in Gers →

#TownScoreGrade · French rankWhat drives it

1Eauze4,108 people69.8top 5.6%A#213 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: safety A, schools A⁻·lowest: jobs & income B⁻

2Lectoure3,670 people65.8top 10.5%A#398 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: safety A⁺, cost of living B⁺·lowest: schools C⁺

3Gimont3,146 people64.8top 12.0%A#455 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A⁻, walkability B⁺·lowest: schools B⁻

4L'Isle-Jourdain9,537 people64.0top 13.2%A#503 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: schools A, jobs & income A⁻·lowest: safety C⁺

5Vic-Fezensac3,577 people63.5top 13.8%A#526 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: schools A, cost of living A⁻·lowest: jobs & income C

6Condom6,473 people54.2top 34.6%B⁺#1,315 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A, walkability B⁺·lowest: jobs & income C⁻

7Mirande3,457 people52.5top 39.6%B#1,503 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: walkability A⁻, health B·lowest: jobs & income C⁻

8Auch22,428 people51.6top 42.1%B#1,601 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: walkability A⁻, cost of living B⁺·lowest: safety D

9Fleurance6,247 people46.0bottom 42.0%C⁺#2,202 of 3,798 nationallyStrongest: cost of living A⁻, health B⁺·lowest: schools D⁻

Quick answers

Questions people ask

What is the best place to live in Gers?

Eauze ranks first of 9 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A) and schools (A−) are its strongest grades; jobs & income (B−) is its lowest. Lectoure and Gimont follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Gers, where five or more have an overall grade.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers places of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Smaller places, and towns missing figures the overall grade needs, show their grades on their own pages; every commune is listed on the Gers page.

Photos: Eauze, Steph32 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Lectoure, Jcb-caz-11 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Gimont, Havang(nl) (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #64 of November 8, 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.