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A town of 1,622 in Gers, Occitanie.
Riscle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Riscle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Riscle with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Riscle: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1974.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Riscle.
In the comparison, Riscle comes above both Gers’ towns (34%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 10% of the population.
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Riscle | Gers median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 8.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 34% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Riscle, that is below both Gers’ towns (€9.96/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,132/m², comes from 64 sales of houses and apartments in Riscle from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,115/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 27 offenses in the graded categories in Riscle in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.4 (2023–2025 average). For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 20.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
14.6% of Riscle’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 78% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Riscle sits above both Gers’ towns (85) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 384 residents of Riscle died, against 330 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Riscle: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). 20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Riscle has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Riscle.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riscle | 1,622 | — | — | A | A− | C+ |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour Landes | 6,211 | 9.6 | B+ | B+ | B− | C− |
| Eauze | 4,108 | 17 | A | B | A | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,132/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Riscle grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Riscle is a commune of 1,622 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.