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The town has 159 residents and lies in Gers, Occitanie.

Is Bouzon-Gellenave a good place to live?

Bouzon-Gellenave is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up nearly a third of residents.

What makes Bouzon-Gellenave stand out

The 2 things Bouzon-Gellenave does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Ancienne chapelle du Bouzonnet
Ancienne chapelle du Bouzonnet · Inscrit · Photo: Antoine Garnier · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bouzon-Gellenave’s story

Bouzon-Gellenave in pictures

Bouzon-Gellenave has 2 historic monuments 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 1975.

38% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Olivier Bascou, born in 1865, is the one person born in Bouzon-Gellenave before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1975First protected: Ancienne chapelle du Bouzonnet
  • 1996Most recently protected: Site archéologique de la motte de Saint-Gô
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bouzon-Gellenave.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Bouzon-Gellenave than in Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 10% are under 15

People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town. 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below Gers’ towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Degrees are held by 33% of adults.

56.1median age
Bouzon-GellenaveGers medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bouzon-Gellenave
Bouzon-GellenaveGers medianFrance median
Under 1510%13%17%
15–246.7%8.5%11%
25–4412%18%23%
45–6439%27%26%
65+32%34%22%
No diploma23%25%19%
CAP or BEP19%24%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education33%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Bouzon-Gellenave keeps more of its old housing than Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 38% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Bouzon-Gellenave has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The protected list starts in the 11th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
11th c.
oldest protected part
1975
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Bouzon-Gellenave has higher unemployment than Gers’ towns or compared French towns: 14.3%

3.2% of Bouzon-Gellenave’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The median disposable income is €25,090 a year per consumption unit.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Bouzon-Gellenave, 0.4 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Bouzon-Gellenave costs less than in Gers’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.19/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Bouzon-Gellenave from July 2023 to June 2026: 7 houses and apartments.

€8.19/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bouzon-Gellenave€8.19/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Gers median€9.96/m²
€8.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.51 to €10.32/m² a month)
€6.87/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Tour de Termes-d'Armagnac and 3 more in and around Bouzon-Gellenave

Other places to visit, gardens and museums in and near Bouzon-Gellenave. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bouzon-Gellenave

12pages on Bouzon-Gellenave

Landmarks

Bouzon-Gellenave has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

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Photo credits

Ancienne chapelle du Bouzonnet: Photo: Antoine Garnier · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Bouzon-Gellenave

2 notable people were born in Bouzon-Gellenave.

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Bouzon-Gellenave’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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EauzeVic-FezensacAire-sur-l'AdourEauzeVic-FezensacAire-sur-l'AdourBouzon-Gellenave
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bouzon-Gellenave159—————
Eauze4,10812ABAB−
Vic-Fezensac3,57714AA−BB−
Aire-sur-l'Adour Landes6,21115B+B+B−C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Bouzon-Gellenave

Commune in Gers, Occitanie

Bouzon-Gellenave is a commune of 159 people in the Communauté de communes Armagnac Adour. 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
159 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Armagnac Adour
Département
Gers (32)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4 sq mi (10.4 km²)
INSEE code
32063

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.