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GinolesAude

A town of 296 in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Ginoles a good place to live?

Ginoles isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly a quarter of homes. It skews older: 44% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Ginoles stand out

The 2 things Ginoles does most differently from other towns.

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Ginoles’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ginoles’ story

No historic monuments in Ginoles

The Culture ministry lists no building in Ginoles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Espéraza, 5.4 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ginoles.

Who lives here

Children make up only 5.5% of Ginoles, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns

Degrees are held by a fifth of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up 5.7% of the town, below Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Ginoles has a median age of 62.9.

62.9median age
GinolesAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Ginoles
GinolesAude medianFrance median
Under 155.5%15%17%
15–245.7%8.9%11%
25–447.8%19%23%
45–6437%27%26%
65+44%29%22%
No diploma20%21%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education20%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 2.3% of commuters in Ginoles go to work without a car, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 9.3%, below Aude’s towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Ginoles didn’t travel to work at all. After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,860 a year per consumption unit.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Ginoles, 0.1 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
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 Ginoles than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.58/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 14 homes in Ginoles. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.04/m² a month.

€8.58/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ginoles€8.58/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.88 to €10.70/m² a month)
€6.04/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 Ginoles

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Landmarks

Nothing in Ginoles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Ginoles

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

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Ginoles’ neighbors

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

All towns in Aude →
QuillanLimouxLavelanetQuillanLimouxLavelanetGinoles
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ginoles296—————
Quillan2,9781.1BA−B−C
Limoux10,53213CB+C−C
Lavelanet Ariège5,98717C+A−DC+

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

About Ginoles

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Ginoles is a commune of 296 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises. 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
296 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.5 sq mi (6.4 km²)
INSEE code
11165

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 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.