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ValentineHaute-Garonne

With 869 residents, it is a town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.

Is Valentine a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Valentine out for now. The median price paid is €850/m².

What makes Valentine stand out

The one thing Valentine does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Grande villa gallo-romaine, dépôt de fouilles et vestiges archéologiques
Grande villa gallo-romaine, dépôt de fouilles et vestiges archéologiques · Classé · Photo: Taloue · CC BY-SA 4.0
Valentine’s story

Valentine in pictures

Valentine has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1970.

17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1970First protected: Parcelles cadastrales contenant des vestiges archéologiques
  • 1979Most recently protected: Grande villa gallo-romaine, dépôt de fouilles et vestiges a…
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valentine.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Valentine than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 18% of adults

Children under 15 make up 15%, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). 27% of residents have reached 65. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population.

47.5median age
ValentineHaute-Garonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Valentine
ValentineHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Under 1515%19%17%
15–2412%10%11%
25–4420%25%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+27%18%22%
No diploma23%13%19%
CAP or BEP30%22%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education18%40%30%

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

History

Valentine keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Valentine is Grande villa gallo-romaine, dépôt de fouilles et vestiges archéologiques. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity.

2historic monuments
Antiquity
oldest protected part
1970
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

More people in Valentine are out of work than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.5%

Half of residents lived on more than €22,300 a year per consumption unit, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Per resident in work, Valentine counts 1.7 jobs (550 jobs, 350 workers). No commute at all: 3.7% of working residents locally at the census.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
550
jobs based in Valentine, 1.7 per working resident
15.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

86.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

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

At the lycées within 5 km of Valentine, 92.9% passed the bac, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.2 mi away.

97%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Valentine86.2%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Valentine92.9%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Didier DauratNearest collègeCollègeCollège10388%+1 pt
Lycée général et technologique de BagatelleNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée24097%+1 pt
Collège Sainte-Thérèse PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollègeCollège7796%+1 pt

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97%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
81%
passed the vocational bac, −5 pts against the expected rate
86.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
1.2 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 Valentine than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.84/m² a month

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

Houses accounted for nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Valentine from July 2023 to June 2026: 30 houses and apartments.

€850/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Valentine€850/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
€8.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.01 to €11.14/m² a month)
€9.99/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Villa gallo-romaine de Nymfius and 2 more in and around Valentine

Other places to visit and museums in and near Valentine. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Valentine

14pages on Valentine

Landmarks

Valentine has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Grande villa gallo-romaine, dépôt de fouilles et vestiges archéologiques: Photo: Taloue · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Valentine

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

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Valentine’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 →
Saint-GaudensMontréjeauLannemezanSaint-GaudensMontréjeauLannemezanValentine
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Valentine869—————
Saint-Gaudens12,1391.8C+A−DC+
Montréjeau2,6486.9C−A−DD
Lannemezan Hautes-Pyrénées5,81116C−ADC−

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

About Valentine

Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie

Valentine is a commune of 869 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur et Coteaux du Comminges. 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
869 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur et Coteaux du Comminges
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code
31565

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 8, 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.