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In Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, this town has 1,299 residents.
Gouaix is easy to get around without a car: just over three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,364/m²: 70 m² comes to 3.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Bassée-Montois. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 15.3% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Gouaix 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 Gouaix 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.
Gouaix has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Gouaix does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Gouaix; none is classé, France’s top protection.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Gouaix 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 Gouaix.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 100 deaths in Gouaix from 2016 to 2025; there were 123, 23% more. Average lifespans in Seine-et-Marne: 85.4 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There is one general practitioner 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
At the census, nearly a quarter of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €25,300 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€28,310).
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.
49 sales of houses and apartments in Gouaix, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,364/m². Among the homes sold, 61% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,723/m² | 30 |
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.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Gouaix; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, higher than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (15%) yet lower than compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 17% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Gouaix | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gouaix yet.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Gouaix is a commune of 1,299 people in the Communauté de communes Bassée-Montois. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouaix | 1,299 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Provins | 11,632 | 5.3 | D | C | D | C |
| Donnemarie-Dontilly | 2,706 | 7.5 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Nogent-sur-Seine Aube | 5,537 | 9.8 | C− | B+ | C | C |
| Nangis | 8,867 | 14 | D | C− | B− | C |
| Pont-sur-Yonne Yonne | 3,391 | 14 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande Aube | 2,605 | 14 | C | A | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gouaix has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,364/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gouaix grades B 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.