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PalaminyHaute-Garonne

The town has 751 residents and lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.

Is Palaminy a good place to live?

Palaminy isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Château
Château · Inscrit · Photo: Luis Ulzurrun · Public domain
Palaminy’s story

Palaminy in pictures

Palaminy has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1950.

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

  • 1950First protected: Clocher et chapelle
  • 1988Most recently protected: Maison dite Le Roucat
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Landmarks

Palaminy has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

All monuments →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Palaminy.

Who lives here

Palaminy has fewer young adults than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24

48.5median age

30% of adults hold a degree, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) and near compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are just over a quarter of the population. Typical age in Palaminy: 48.5, the median.

PalaminyHaute-Garonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Palaminy
PalaminyHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Under 1517%19%17%
15–247.3%10%11%
25–4421%25%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+26%18%22%
No diploma14%13%19%
CAP or BEP29%22%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education30%40%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Palaminy keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919

4historic monuments

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

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. Palaminy has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Houses and mansions, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit4
10th c.
oldest protected part
1950
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Palaminy come to a median €25,420 a year per consumption unit, against €27,620 in Haute-Garonne’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns

9%walk, cycle or take transit

150 jobs are based in Palaminy, for 300 working residents (0.4 per worker). At the census, 4.7% of working residents in Palaminy didn’t travel to work at all. Also worth knowing: the census found nearly one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Palaminy, 0.4 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,420
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 9 points below the expected rate

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The town’s pupils have a collège 0.6 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Palaminy83.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Palaminy98.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège du PlantaurelNearest collègeCollègeCollège11983%−9 pts
Lycée polyvalent Martin MalvyNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée20598%±0 pts
98%
passed the general and technological bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
83.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −9 pts against the expected rate
0.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Palaminy than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.64/m² a month

€9.64/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 24 homes were sold in Palaminy. Among the homes sold, 96% were houses.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Palaminy€9.64/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Garonne median€12.27/m²
€9.64/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.88 to €11.79/m² a month)
€8.36/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 Palaminy

13pages on Palaminy
Nearby attractions

Château de Palaminy and 4 more in and around Palaminy

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Palaminy. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Palaminy

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

How we find them →

About Palaminy

Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie

Palaminy is a commune of 751 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Garonne. 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
751 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur de Garonne
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.4 sq mi (11.3 km²)
INSEE code
31406

Palaminy’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 Haute-Garonne →
CazèresRieux-VolvestreMontesquieu-VolvestreCarbonneBératLongagesCazèresRieux-VolvestreMontesquieu-VolvestreCarbonneBératLongagesPalaminy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Palaminy751—————
Cazères4,8541.2C−A−DC−
Rieux-Volvestre2,6397.5AA−AC−
Montesquieu-Volvestre3,0508BAA−B−
Carbonne5,56310CBCB−
Bérat3,08713BBAC+
Longages3,39214B+BA+B

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

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.