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A town of 275 in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Is Gousse a good place to live?

Gousse is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Gousse’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Gousse’s story

No historic monuments in Gousse

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jacques, in Tartas, 6.3 mi away.

14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gousse.

Who lives here

Few people in Gousse are 65 or over: 18%, below Landes’ towns and compared French towns

For Gousse, that is below both Landes’ towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). 14% of residents are children under 15.

50.2median age
GousseLandes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP39%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Gousse
GousseLandes medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–2411%8.9%11%
25–4418%21%23%
45–6439%27%26%
65+18%28%22%
No diploma13%16%19%
CAP or BEP39%27%26%
Baccalauréat15%20%18%
Higher education27%28%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Landes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Only 3.6% of commuters in Gousse go to work without a car, fewer than in Landes’ towns and compared French towns

Gousse sits below both Landes’ towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. 8.1% of the labour force are out of work. Gousse has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.3 per worker.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Gousse, 0.3 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Gousse than in Landes’ towns or across compared French towns: €11.33/m² a month

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

That puts Gousse below both Landes’ towns (€13.01/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€11.33/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Gousse€11.33/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Landes median€13.01/m²
€11.33/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.41 to €13.65/m² a month)
€9.55/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Divielle and 3 more in and around Gousse

Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Gousse. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Gousse

12pages on Gousse

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Gousse

One notable person was born in Gousse.

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Gousse’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Landes →
Pontonx-sur-l'AdourSaint-Vincent-de-PaulTartasNarrosseSaint-Paul-lès-DaxDaxPontonx-sur-l'AdourSaint-Vincent-de-PaulTartasNarrosseSaint-Paul-lès-DaxDaxGousse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Gousse275—————
Pontonx-sur-l'Adour3,0212—C+—C+
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul3,4025B+CAB−
Tartas3,1696.3A−BB+C
Narrosse3,3877.5B+CA−B+
Saint-Paul-lès-Dax14,4818.5CC−CB
Dax22,1098.9DCD−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Gousse

Commune in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Gousse is a commune of 275 people in the Communauté de communes Terres de Chalosse. 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
275 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terres de Chalosse
Département
Landes (40)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²)
INSEE code
40115

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 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.