Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 135 in Gers, Occitanie.
Durban is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 2 things Durban does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Durban as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Garranée, in Seissan, 2.2 mi away.
53% 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 Durban.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Gers’ towns (34%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 38% of adults. The middle age in Durban is 57.1.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Durban | Gers median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 8.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 12% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 34% | 22% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 28% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Gers’ towns (12.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Durban holds 50 jobs; 50 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Households’ median disposable income: €22,470 a year per consumption unit.
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.
3 houses and apartments changed hands in Durban from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Durban. Best known first.
Nothing in Durban is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Durban yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Durban is a commune of 135 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
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.