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Is Vals a good place to live? Vals is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Vals’ grade
Overall Not graded
Why Too small to grade
What makes Vals stand out The one thing Vals does most differently from other towns.
Église Notre-Dame et croix de pierre · Classé · Photo: Jean-Jacques Lasmolles · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vals’ story
Vals in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vals: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1910 First protected: Église Notre-Dame et croix de pierre Explore the history →
The data Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vals.
History
Vals keeps more of its old housing than Ariège or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919 France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Vals is Église Notre-Dame et croix de pierre.
1 historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée Classé 1
Inscrit 0
11th c.
oldest protected part
1910
first monument protected
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 19% of people in Vals are under 15, more than in Ariège’s towns and across compared French towns Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.7% of residents. Over-65s are 24% of the population. Half of Vals is older than 42.8, half younger.
42.8 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 15%
CAP or BEP 31%
Baccalauréat 24%
Higher education 28%
Women and men · all residents 49% women, 51% men
Men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Vals Vals Ariège median France median Under 15 19% 15% 17% 15–24 8.7% 10% 11% 25–44 23% 22% 23% 45–64 24% 26% 26% 65+ 24% 27% 22% No diploma 15% 21% 19% CAP or BEP 31% 26% 26% Baccalauréat 24% 20% 18% Higher education 28% 25% 30%
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Fewer commuters in Vals walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 7.0% Unemployment stood at 12.5%, near Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 4.7% of Vals’ working residents to work at the census.
7% walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023 Driving 86%
Public transport 5%
On foot 2%
Bicycle 0%
Motorbike or scooter 0%
0
jobs based in Vals, 0.2 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Vals is €10.93/m² a month Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.88/m² a month.
€10.93/m² estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month Vals €10.93/m²
Median of towns €12.41/m²
Ariège median €9.99/m²
€10.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €13.56/m² a month)
€8.88/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 Vals 12 pages on Vals
Landmarks Vals has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
All monuments → Photo credits Église Notre-Dame et croix de pierre: Photo: Jean-Jacques Lasmolles · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Vals Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vals yet.
How we find them →
How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Vals Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Vals is a commune of 92 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mirepoix. 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 92 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays de Mirepoix
Département Ariège (09)
Région Occitanie
Area 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km²)
INSEE code 09323 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.
