Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,283 residents make their home in this town in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €1,191/m² costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Landes d'Armagnac. Work and incomes lag: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Gabarret 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.
The 2 things Gabarret does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gabarret 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.
Gabarret has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Gabarret, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1977.
12% 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 Gabarret.
Among adults, 14% have a degree. 11% are under 15, lower than both Landes’ towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Gabarret | Landes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 42% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 28% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Gabarret has 3 family doctors. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, higher than both Landes’ towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 406 residents of Gabarret died, against 299 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% more. At birth, a girl in Landes can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Unemployment runs at 12.0%. At the census, 5.7% of working residents in Gabarret didn’t travel to work at all. 12.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Landes’ towns (9.7%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Behind the median of €1,191/m²: 40 houses and apartments sold in Gabarret between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 93% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.92/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,269/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Gabarret. Best known first.
Gabarret has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Gabarret.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabarret | 1,283 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Eauze Gers | 4,108 | 9.9 | A | B | A | B− |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan | 2,508 | 17 | — | B− | — | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gabarret has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 500 jobs for 400 working residents, Gabarret draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,191/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gabarret grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gabarret is a commune of 1,283 people in the Communauté de communes des Landes d'Armagnac. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.