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A town of 44 in Gers, Occitanie.

Is Ricourt a good place to live?

Ricourt is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Ricourt stand out

The one thing Ricourt does most differently from other towns.

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Ricourt’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ricourt’s story

No historic monuments in Ricourt

The Culture ministry lists no building in Ricourt as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancien couvent des Augustins, in Marciac, 2.7 mi away.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ricourt.

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Ricourt than in Gers’ towns or across compared French towns: 45% of adults

In the comparison, Ricourt comes above both Gers’ towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 5.8% of the town.

51.5median age
RicourtGers medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat9%
Higher education45%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ricourt
RicourtGers medianFrance median
Under 1512%13%17%
15–245.8%8.5%11%
25–4421%18%23%
45–6440%27%26%
65+21%34%22%
No diploma14%25%19%
CAP or BEP30%24%26%
Baccalauréat9.1%18%18%
Higher education45%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Ricourt, 16.0%, runs above Gers’ towns and compared French towns

For Ricourt, that is above both Gers’ towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Ricourt has 0 jobs for 0 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 4.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot5%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Ricourt, 0.4 per working resident
16.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

96.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Ricourt sits above both Gers’ towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.

96.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ricourt96.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Aretha FranklinNearest collègeCollègeCollège5096%+2 pts
96.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ricourt than in Gers’ towns or across compared French towns: €7.77/m² a month

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

That puts Ricourt below both Gers’ towns (€9.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€7.77/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ricourt€7.77/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Gers median€9.96/m²
€7.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.27 to €9.63/m² a month)
€7.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Marciac and 8 more in and around Ricourt

Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Ricourt. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Ricourt

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Landmarks

Nothing in Ricourt is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Ricourt

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ricourt yet.

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Ricourt’s neighbors

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

All towns in Gers →
Vic-en-BigorreMirandeBordères-sur-l'ÉchezAureilhanVic-en-BigorreMirandeBordères-sur-l'ÉchezAureilhanRicourt
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ricourt44—————
Vic-en-Bigorre Hautes-Pyrénées4,8459.5A−B+A−C−
Mirande3,45711BBBB
Bordères-sur-l'Échez Hautes-Pyrénées5,39917A−BAB+
Aureilhan Hautes-Pyrénées8,03117BB+B+B

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

About Ricourt

Commune in Gers, Occitanie

Ricourt is a commune of 44 people in the Communauté de communes Bastides et Vallons du 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
44 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bastides et Vallons du Gers
Département
Gers (32)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.1 sq mi (8 km²)
INSEE code
32342

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.