Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 343 residents, it is a town in Gers, Occitanie.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Saint-Médard has none. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Saint-Médard does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Médard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Mirande, 3.3 mi away.
39% 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 Saint-Médard.
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 13%, close to Gers’ towns (13%) and below compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 29% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Médard | Gers median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 8.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 34% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gers median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 1.9% of commuters at the census. Jobs located in Saint-Médard: 100, for 150 residents in work (0.6 each). Half of residents lived on more than €26,170 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Gers’ towns (€23,470).
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 Saint-Médard: 3 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.93/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Médard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Médard as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Médard | 343 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mirande | 3,457 | 3.3 | B | B | B | B |
| Pavie | 2,566 | 11 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Auch | 22,428 | 13 | B | B+ | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Gers, Occitanie
Saint-Médard is a commune of 343 people in the Communauté de communes Astarac Arros en 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 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.