A solid town with one catch. Its strongest subject is safety: an average of 1.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also does well on jobs & income: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment. At the median price of €2,223/m², a 70 m² home costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées. The drawback is walkability — just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, better than 90% of compared French towns. That places it #7 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Gan 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.
Ancienne porte de ville, dite Prison: Photo: France64160 · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gan.
Safety
For crime per resident, Gan sits below 100% of compared French towns
1.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Gan’s tally for 2025: 42 recorded offenses. No compared town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques has less graded crime per resident than Gan: it ranks first of 35. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Gan (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary17
Criminal damage17
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud32
Theft without violence10
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
1.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
42
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 11.9% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than expected: Gan is below 65% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Pyrénées-Atlantiques live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its two care homes for older people (137 places) count their residents as Gan’s; allowing for them, deaths were 17% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 660 residents of Gan died, about as many as the 660 expected from France’s death rates at each age. The nearest emergency department to Gan is Polyclinique Pau Pyrenees site Navarre, 7.5 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Gan · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Pau Pyrenees site Navarre
7.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Pau Pyrenees site Navarre
86.4 · 81.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Gan has lower unemployment than Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 6.8%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €27,730 a year per consumption unit, close to Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Gan didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 3.1% of working residents in Gan to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,350
jobs based in Gan, 0.6 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Gan hold a degree than in Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns or compared French towns: 41%
46.4median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 25% of residents are 65 or older.
GanPyrénées-Atlantiques medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education41%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Gan is graded a C+ for cost of living
€2,223/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
136 sales of houses and apartments in Gan, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,223/m². Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.57/m² a month. The sales split: 85% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gan€2,223/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Pyrénées-Atlantiques median€2,784/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,253/m²
116
€12.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.94 to €14.68/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.57/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Gan: 11% were built before 1919, more than in both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns and compared French towns
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Gan; none is classé, France’s top protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century.
Paule Constant: Ave Maria Mõistlik, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pierre de Marca: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
About Gan
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gan is a commune of 5,676 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées. 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
5,676 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Région
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Area
15.2 sq mi (39.4 km²)
INSEE code
64230
Gan’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gan
Is Gan safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 35 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
Is Gan expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,223/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.08/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gan grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
