Gourdan-Polignan’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 2 jobs per working resident; 16.3% unemployment. It lags on schools as well — bac results 0.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 9 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Gourdan-Polignan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Gourdan-Polignan 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.
Pont sur la R.N. 125 franchissant la Garonne: Photo: DELPORTE · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gourdan-Polignan.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Gourdan-Polignan than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.43/m² a month
€1,102/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,102/m², below Haute-Garonne’s towns (€2,675/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Among the homes sold, 82% were houses. House rents are put at about €9.05/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gourdan-Polignan€1,102/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,301/m²
36
€8.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.69 to €10.63/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.05/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Mortality in Gourdan-Polignan, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Haute-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns: 74 per 100 expected
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Garonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 131 deaths in Gourdan-Polignan between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 177: 26% below. The nearest emergency department to Gourdan-Polignan is Centre hospitalier Comminges Pyrenees site Saint Plancard, 7.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Gourdan-Polignan have one GP on hand.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw74
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Gourdan-Polignan · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Comminges Pyrenees site Saint Plancard
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Comminges Pyrenees site Saint Plancard
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 34% of people in Gourdan-Polignan are 65 or over, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
54.4median age
Among adults, 18% have a degree. 13% are under 15, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents.
Gourdan-PolignanHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
Brevet results near Gourdan-Polignan run low: 78.0% passed, below Haute-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
99%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Gourdan-Polignan, 92.5% passed the bac, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 1.1 mi to the nearest one.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Gourdan-Polignan: 19% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Gourdan-Polignan is Grotte dite de l'Eléphant. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Gourdan-Polignan, 16.3%, runs above Haute-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Jobs located in Gourdan-Polignan: 750, for 350 residents in work (2 each). The median disposable income was €22,090 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.9% of commuters got to work without a car.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
750
jobs based in Gourdan-Polignan, 2 per working resident
16.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
Gourdan-Polignan is a commune of 1,177 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises. 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
1,177 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2 sq mi (5.3 km²)
INSEE code
31224
Gourdan-Polignan’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gourdan-Polignan
Is Gourdan-Polignan safe?
Gourdan-Polignan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.9 recorded violent incidents and 18.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gourdan-Polignan good?
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 100 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Paul Mathou in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gourdan-Polignan expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gourdan-Polignan grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
