Incomes are on the low side: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 10.8% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,663/m² takes 5.6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Causses Aigoual Cévennes. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and C+ for walkability. Three fifths of its homes are second homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Val-d'Aigoual has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Val-d'Aigoual with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val-d'Aigoual.
Who lives here
An older town: 35% of people in Val-d'Aigoual are 65 or over, more than in Gard’s towns and across compared French towns
Children are 13% of the town. 5.5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Residents of Val-d'Aigoual have a median age of 56.5.
56.5median age
Val-d'AigoualGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Val-d'Aigoual than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.39/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Val-d'Aigoual sell for €1,555/m² and apartments for €1,986/m². At the median, a home went for €1,663/m², below both Gard’s towns (€2,553/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 111 houses and apartments.
€1,663/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Val-d'Aigoual€1,663/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,555/m²
81
Apartments
€1,986/m²
30
€9.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.28 to €12.11/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€20,840
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Causses Aigoual Cévennes
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Val-d'Aigoual sees more deaths than 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Val-d'Aigoual is Clinique Saint Louis, 10.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 240 residents of Val-d'Aigoual died, against 218 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. Its care home for older people (48 places) counts its residents as Val-d'Aigoual’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. Life expectancy in Gard: 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Val-d'Aigoual · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Louis
22.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Val-d'Aigoual
Is Val-d'Aigoual safe?
Val-d'Aigoual has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Val-d'Aigoual expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Val-d'Aigoual grades B− for cost of living.
About Val-d'Aigoual
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Val-d'Aigoual is a commune of 1,412 people in the Communauté de communes Causses Aigoual Cévennes. 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
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.
