Those 65 and older account for 31% of residents. Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Ariège’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 36% of adults.

49median age

GabreAriège medianFrance median

Ariège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

31%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%

CAP or BEP24%

Baccalauréat26%

Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Gabre
	Gabre	Ariège median	France median
Under 15	20%	15%	17%
15–24	4.8%	10%	11%
25–44	19%	22%	23%
45–64	24%	26%	26%
65+	31%	27%	22%
No diploma	9.6%	21%	19%
CAP or BEP	24%	26%	26%
Baccalauréat	26%	20%	18%
Higher education	36%	25%	30%

Full pageGabre’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages49 median age · 31% are 65 or over Households60 households · 2.1 people per household Born abroad13% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Gabre?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Gabre keeps more of its old housing than Ariège or compared French towns: 39% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Gabre is Dolmen de Goudère. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Dolmen de Goudère Prehistory

Prehistory

oldest protected part

1889

first monument protected

Full pageGabre’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes39% built before 1919 · Older homes Map3 historic monuments Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Gabre?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Gabre than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 5.1%

The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,410 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 9.3%, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Ariège’s towns (13.5%). No commute at all: 7.7% of working residents in Gabre at the census.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%

On foot3%

Bicycle3%

Public transport0%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Gabre, 0.4 per working resident

9.3%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€22,410

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

Full pageGabre’s work & commute pageOpen the page

Getting to work5% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here0.4 per working resident Median income€22,410 a year · Median income per consumption unit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

97.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

General-bac pupils go 10 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 3 mi off.

97.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Gabre97.0%

Median of towns87.5%

School	Level	Candidates	Passed, 2025
Collège André Saint-PaulNearest collègeCollège	Collège	65	97%+4 pts

97.0%

passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate

3 mi

to the nearest collège from the town center

Full pageGabre’s schools pageOpen the page

Collèges97.0% passed the brevet · One collège within 5 km

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Gabre is €9.25/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Gabre from July 2023 to June 2026: 4 houses and apartments.

€9.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Gabre€9.25/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Ariège median€9.99/m²

€9.25/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.39 to €11.57/m² a month)

€7.85/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageGabre’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€9.25/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Gabre

13pages on Gabre

The big questions

SchoolsOne collèges and 0 lycées within 5 km Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 10.3 mi away Housing4 sales on record, the last three years Work & commute0 jobs based here Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors100% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 49 History3 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Gabre has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →

Dolmen de GoudèreDolmen · Prehistory

Église Saint-LaurentChurch · 13th & 18th c.

Photo credits

Dolmen de Goudère: Photo: Pierre Goujet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Laurent: Photo: Pierre Goujet · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Gabre

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gabre yet.

How we find them →

Gabre’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ariège →

Saint-Jean-du-FalgaPamiersVarilhesFoixLa Tour-du-CrieuMontesquieu-VolvestreGabre

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Gabre	124	—	—	—	—	—
Saint-Jean-du-Falga	2,851	10	B⁺	B	B⁺	B
Pamiers	16,473	10	C	B⁺	D	C
Varilhes	3,487	11	A	B⁺	B⁺	A
Foix	9,934	12	C	A⁻	D	C⁻
La Tour-du-Crieu	3,230	12	A⁻	C	A⁺	A⁻
Montesquieu-Volvestre Haute-Garonne	3,050	14	B	A	A⁻	B⁻

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Gabre

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Gabre is a commune of 124 people in the Communauté de communes Arize Lèze. 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: 124 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Arize Lèze
Département: Ariège (09)
Région: Occitanie
Area: 5.3 sq mi (13.7 km²)
INSEE code: 09127

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 October 30, 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.