Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
329 people call this town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie home.
Gez is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 30% of homes here are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 28% of residents.
The 2 things Gez does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gez as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Savin, in Saint-Savin, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Gez. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gez.
Children under 15 make up 16%, above Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (14%) but below compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 38% of adults. Half of Gez is older than 49.5, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Gez | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.4% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €27,330 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€23,985) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 1.9% of commuters at the census. At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Gez didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Gez, 96.0% passed the bac, higher than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège climatique René BillèresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 93%−1 pt |
| Lycée climatique René BillèresNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 82 | 96%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.36/m² a month. Gez recorded 9 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gez 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 Gez yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gez | 329 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Argelès-Gazost | 2,761 | 0.7 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
| Lourdes | 13,266 | 7 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Pontacq Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2,925 | 12 | — | A | — | B |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 14 | C+ | B− | C− | C |
| Nay Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3,184 | 14 | A | B+ | A− | C− |
| Juillan | 3,999 | 15 | — | B | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Gez is a commune of 329 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. 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.