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GuchanHautes-Pyrénées

In Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, this town has 151 residents.

Is Guchan a good place to live?

There are no grades for Guchan: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up half of its housing. 34% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Guchan stand out

The 2 things Guchan does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Guchan’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Guchan’s story

No historic monuments in Guchan

The Culture ministry lists no building in Guchan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle d'Agos, in Vielle-Aure, 0.8 mi away.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Guchan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guchan.

Who lives here

Few people in Guchan are 15 to 24: 3.9%, fewer than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns

55.8median age

Under 15: 14% of residents. People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, higher than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Also worth knowing: 43% of adults hold a degree.

GuchanHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma7%
CAP or BEP17%
Baccalauréat30%
Higher education43%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Guchan
GuchanHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 1514%14%17%
15–243.9%9.6%11%
25–4421%20%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+34%29%22%
No diploma7%18%19%
CAP or BEP17%29%26%
Baccalauréat30%19%18%
Higher education43%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Guchan are out of work than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or across compared French towns: 2.9%

10%walk, cycle or take transit

The median disposable income was €27,640 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€23,985) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 7.4% of working residents in Guchan at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
Bicycle6%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Guchan, 0.1 per working resident
2.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Guchan costs less than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.50/m² a month

€9.50/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Guchan.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Guchan€9.50/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.96 to €12.97/m² a month)
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Guchan

12pages on Guchan
Nearby attractions

Little Valley and 8 more in and around Guchan

Museums, family days out and other places to visit in and near Guchan. Best known first.

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Famous people from Guchan

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Guchan yet.

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About Guchan

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Guchan is a commune of 151 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

Population
151 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aure Louron
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1 sq mi (2.6 km²)
INSEE code
65211

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.