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MontgaillardAude

38 residents make their home in this town in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Montgaillard a good place to live?

There are no grades for Montgaillard: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Half of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 41% of residents.

What makes Montgaillard stand out

The 2 things Montgaillard does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Montgaillard’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Montgaillard’s story

No historic monuments in Montgaillard

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

The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit Table des Morts, in Massac, 2.5 mi away.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montgaillard.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Montgaillard than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 5.1% are under 15

2.6% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults. Montgaillard has a median age of 61.5.

61.5median age
MontgaillardAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

36% women, 64% men

About 56 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montgaillard
MontgaillardAude medianFrance median
Under 155.1%15%17%
15–242.6%8.9%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+41%29%22%
No diploma19%21%19%
CAP or BEP36%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education22%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Montgaillard, 16.7%, runs above Aude’s towns and compared French towns

No commute at all: 6.3% of working residents in Montgaillard at the census.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving75%
On foot6%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter6%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Montgaillard, 0.7 per working resident
16.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Montgaillard costs less than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.84/m² a month

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

The market in Montgaillard: 6 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Montgaillard€8.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€8.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €11.86/m² a month)
€8.26/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 Montgaillard

11pages on Montgaillard

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Montgaillard

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

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Montgaillard’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 Aude →
Espira-de-l'AglyBaixasMillasSalses-le-ChâteauRivesaltesIlle-sur-TêtEspira-de-l'AglyBaixasMillasSalses-le-ChâteauRivesaltesIlle-sur-TêtMontgaillard
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montgaillard38—————
Espira-de-l'Agly Pyrénées-Orientales3,52414DCC+C−
Baixas Pyrénées-Orientales2,77714B+C+B+C+
Millas Pyrénées-Orientales4,41715DC+CD
Salses-le-Château Pyrénées-Orientales3,96516D−CCC−
Rivesaltes Pyrénées-Orientales9,27016DCDC
Ille-sur-Têt Pyrénées-Orientales5,55617B−B−BD

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

About Montgaillard

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Montgaillard is a commune of 38 people in the Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. 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
38 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
6.5 sq mi (16.9 km²)
INSEE code
11245

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.