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Is Galey a good place to live? Galey is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Galey’s grade
Overall Not graded
Why Too small to grade
What makes Galey stand out The 2 things Galey does most differently from other towns.
Chapelle Saint-Quintin · Inscrit · Photo: PierreG 09 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Galey’s story
Galey in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Galey, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1996.
56% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1996 First protected: Église Saint-Pierre 1998 Most recently protected: Chapelle Saint-Quintin Explore the history →
The data Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Galey.
Who lives here
Galey has fewer young adults than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2% are 15 to 24 Galey sits below both Ariège’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
52.5 median age
Ages · share of residents Under 15 15–24 25–44 45–64 65+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education No diploma 7%
CAP or BEP 21%
Baccalauréat 26%
Higher education 34%
Women and men · all residents 51% women, 49% men
Men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Galey Galey Ariège median France median Under 15 16% 15% 17% 15–24 6.2% 10% 11% 25–44 15% 22% 23% 45–64 34% 26% 26% 65+ 29% 27% 22% No diploma 6.7% 21% 19% CAP or BEP 21% 26% 26% Baccalauréat 26% 20% 18% Higher education 34% 25% 30%
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Galey: 56% were built before 1919, more than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Galey above both Ariège’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Galey, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
2 historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée Classé 0
Inscrit 2
12th c.
oldest protected part
1996
first monument protected
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Unemployment in Galey, 16.3%, runs above Ariège’s towns and compared French towns On this, Galey is above both Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Galey has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
14% walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023 Driving 78%
On foot 11%
Public transport 3%
Bicycle 0%
Motorbike or scooter 0%
0
jobs based in Galey, 0.6 per working resident
16.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Galey than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.71/m² a month Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Galey comes below both Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€8.71/m² estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month Galey €8.71/m²
Median of towns €12.41/m²
Ariège median €9.99/m²
€8.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €10.89/m² a month)
€7.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Galey 11 pages on Galey
Landmarks The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Galey, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
All monuments → Photo credits Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Soleymystik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Quintin: Photo: PierreG 09 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Galey One notable person was born in Galey.
Their page → How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Galey Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Galey is a commune of 114 people in the Communauté de communes Couserans-Pyrénées. 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 114 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Couserans-Pyrénées
Département Ariège (09)
Région Occitanie
Area 3.7 sq mi (9.5 km²)
INSEE code 09129 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.
