Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
418 people call this town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine home.
At under 1,000 residents, Gurs is too small for the grades other French towns get.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gurs as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Blaise, in L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise, 2.4 mi away.
36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and family days out in and near Gurs. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gurs.
26% of adults hold a degree. The 65-and-over age group makes up 26% of residents. Half the people of Gurs are older than 49.8.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Gurs | Pyrénées-Atlantiques median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,790 a year per consumption unit, below both Pyrénées-Atlantiques’ towns (€26,830) and compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 7.0% of working residents in Gurs at the census. Unemployment runs at 10.0%.
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.
Gurs recorded 13 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.88/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gurs is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gurs yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurs | 418 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mauléon-Licharre | 2,972 | 7.9 | A+ | A | A+ | B+ |
| Mourenx | 5,695 | 8.8 | A− | A | C+ | C |
| Monein | 4,446 | 9.1 | — | B− | — | B |
| Oloron-Sainte-Marie | 10,684 | 9.6 | A− | B+ | C | B |
| Artix | 3,477 | 12 | A | B+ | A | C+ |
| Orthez | 10,881 | 14 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gurs is a commune of 418 people in the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves. 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.