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In Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this town has 2,137 residents.
Where it does best is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is another plus: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median sale price is €1,947/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Ger 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.
Each subject compares Ger 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.
Ger has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Ger does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Ger counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1966.
Explore the history →Ger has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ger.
Half of residents lived on more than €28,600 a year per consumption unit, above Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 3.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Jobs located in Ger: 300, for 950 residents in work (0.3 each). The unemployment rate comes to 6.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Pyrénées-Atlantiques can expect 86.4 years and a boy 81.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 137 deaths in Ger between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 184: 25% below. There are 4 general practitioners in the town.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Ger: 48 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,947/m² | 48 |
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.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Ger counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The under-15s are 17% of the population here. Degrees are held by 36% of adults. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (25%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Ger | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ger yet.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ger is a commune of 2,137 people in the Communauté de communes du Nord Est Béarn. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ger | 2,137 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Ibos Hautes-Pyrénées | 2,813 | 3.4 | A− | B− | B− | A |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez Hautes-Pyrénées | 5,399 | 5.1 | A− | B | A | B+ |
| Pontacq | 2,925 | 5.5 | — | A | — | B |
| Juillan Hautes-Pyrénées | 3,999 | 5.5 | — | B | — | B− |
| Tarbes Hautes-Pyrénées | 44,399 | 6.3 | C+ | B+ | D | B− |
| Odos Hautes-Pyrénées | 3,265 | 6.7 | — | B | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ger has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 3.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ger grades A− for cost of living.
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 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.