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Home to 1,075 people, this town lies in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add cost of living to its strengths: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car: 31% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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. Guiche 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 Guiche 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.
Guiche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Guiche counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 2007.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guiche.
Unemployment stood at 6.5%, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (9.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 2.5% of commuters got to work without a car. For its 550 residents in work, Guiche has 150 jobs: 0.3 each.
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.
There is one general practitioner in Guiche. The nearest emergency department to Guiche is Clinique Belharra, 13 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 63 residents of Guiche died, against 81 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer. Life expectancy in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: 86.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2025); France averages 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Guiche from July 2023 to June 2026: 21 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. The middle age in Guiche is 43.6. Graduates make up 34% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Guiche | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Guiche is Château de Guiche.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Guiche. Best known first.
Guiche has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Guiche: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Guiche as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guiche | 1,075 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Peyrehorade Landes | 3,700 | 5.3 | C | C | B− | C |
| Urcuit | 3,047 | 7.7 | — | C+ | — | A |
| Briscous | 2,965 | 7.8 | — | C− | — | C− |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx Landes | 6,238 | 9.6 | B | D | B | B− |
| Lahonce | 2,740 | 10 | — | D | — | A |
| Hasparren | 7,626 | 11 | A− | C− | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Guiche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Guiche is a commune of 1,075 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque. 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) · 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 8, 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.