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With 127 residents, it is a town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
Génos is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 81% of its housing. Over-65s are 29% of the population.
The 2 things Génos does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Génos as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix monolithe, in Vielle-Louron, 1.9 mi away.
18% 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 Génos.
29% of residents have reached 65. People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town, above both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%). At 52.3, the median resident of Génos sits in the middle of the age range.
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Génos | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 7.9% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Génos has 100 jobs for 50 working residents, 2 per worker. 9.4% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 5.1% of working residents in Génos didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Among the homes sold, 24% were houses. Sales in Génos from July 2023 to June 2026: 17 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Génos. Best known first.
Nothing in Génos 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 Génos yet.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Génos is a commune of 127 people in the Communauté de communes Aure Louron. 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 November 4, 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.