Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
596 people call this town in Gers, Occitanie home.
Castelnau-Barbarens has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 12% of homes here are second homes.
The one thing Castelnau-Barbarens does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Castelnau-Barbarens as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Pessan, 4.4 mi away.
34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Castelnau-Barbarens.
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. 7.7% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Gers’ towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 32% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Castelnau-Barbarens | Gers median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 8.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 34% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 5.4% of commuters got to work without a car. 100 jobs are based in Castelnau-Barbarens, for 300 working residents (0.3 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €26,140 a year per consumption unit, above Gers’ towns (€23,470) 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.
The market in Castelnau-Barbarens: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Castelnau-Barbarens. Best known first.
Nothing in Castelnau-Barbarens is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Castelnau-Barbarens.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Castelnau-Barbarens is a commune of 596 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne. 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
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.