At under 1,000 residents, Val-du-Faby is too small for the grades other French towns get. Second homes make up 24% of its housing. Homes go for a median €868/m². It skews older: a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Val-du-Faby stand out

The 3 things Val-du-Faby does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Median price per m²

Housing

€868/m²

Median sale price, 64% below the median of compared French towns (€2,430/m²)

31 sales, July 2023 to June 2026. Source: DGFiP, DVF.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

33% are 65 or over

of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town

Median age 54.4. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Tour carrée et restes de fortifications adjacentes · Inscrit · Photo: TeulièreEric · CC BY-SA 4.0

Val-du-Faby’s story

Val-du-Faby in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Val-du-Faby; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Adrien de Luillier de Rouvenac, born in 1729, is the one person born in Val-du-Faby before 1900 that Wikidata records.

1948First protected: Tour carrée et restes de fortifications adjacentes

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val-du-Faby.

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Val-du-Faby, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns

The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. Degrees are held by 26% of adults.

54.4median age

Val-du-FabyAude medianFrance median

Aude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

33%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%

CAP or BEP26%

Baccalauréat22%

Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Val-du-Faby
	Val-du-Faby	Aude median	France median
Under 15	11%	15%	17%
15–24	8.5%	8.9%	11%
25–44	16%	19%	23%
45–64	31%	27%	26%
65+	33%	29%	22%
No diploma	18%	21%	19%
CAP or BEP	26%	27%	26%
Baccalauréat	22%	20%	18%
Higher education	26%	25%	30%

Full pageVal-du-Faby’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages54.4 median age · 33% are 65 or over Households310 households · 1.9 people per household Born abroad15% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Val-du-Faby?”

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

History

Old homes shape Val-du-Faby: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns

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

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Val-du-Faby; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0

Inscrit1

12th c.

oldest protected part

1948

first monument protected

Full pageVal-du-Faby’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes22% built before 1919 · Older homes Map1 historic monument Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Val-du-Faby?”

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Val-du-Faby, 21.9%, runs above Aude’s towns and compared French towns

Val-du-Faby has 100 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €18,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Aude’s towns (€23,350) and compared French towns (€25,970). 16.4% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%

Public transport3%

On foot3%

Bicycle3%

Motorbike or scooter1%

100

jobs based in Val-du-Faby, 0.5 per working resident

21.9%

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

€18,930

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

16%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Jobs based here100 jobs based here · 0.5 per working resident Getting to work9% walk, cycle or take transit Median income€18,930 a year · Median income per consumption unit

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Val-du-Faby than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.78/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €6.04/m² a month. The market in Val-du-Faby: 31 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€868/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Val-du-Faby€868/m²

Median of towns€2,430/m²

Aude median€1,923/m²

By type	Median per m²	Sales
Houses	€868/m²	31

€7.78/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.46 to €9.36/m² a month)

€6.04/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageVal-du-Faby’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€7.78/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent PricesMedian sale price €868/m²

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Val-du-Faby

13pages on Val-du-Faby

The big questions

Cost of livingMedian €868/m² · rent €7.78/m² a month Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 4.2 mi away Housing31 sales on record, the last three years Work & commute100 jobs based here Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors65% of the commune is protected nature AttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 54.4 History1 historic monument Town HallFamous peopleOne notable person born here

Landmarks

Val-du-Faby has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Tour carrée et restes de fortifications adjacentesMilitary building · 12th & 13th c.

Classé

Église Saint-MichelChurch · 12th & 17th c. · in Espéraza, 2.4 mi

Classé

Restes du palais épiscopalBishop’s palace · in Alet-les-Bains, 5.6 mi

Classé

Ruines du châteauChâteau · 13th & 14th c. · in Puivert, 6.2 mi

Photo credits

Tour carrée et restes de fortifications adjacentes: Photo: TeulièreEric · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Val-du-Faby

One notable person was born in Val-du-Faby.

Their page →

Adrien de Luillier de RouvenacFrench politician · born 1729

Val-du-Faby’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 →

QuillanLimouxLavelanetVal-du-Faby

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Val-du-Faby	580	—	—	—	—	—
Quillan	2,978	4.4	B	A⁻	B⁻	C
Limoux	10,532	8.3	C	B⁺	C⁻	C
Lavelanet Ariège	5,987	16	C⁺	A⁻	D	C⁺

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

About Val-du-Faby

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Val-du-Faby is a commune of 580 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: 580 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises
Département: Aude (11)
Région: Occitanie
Area: 9.5 sq mi (24.7 km²)
INSEE code: 11131

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.