Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 125 residents, it is a town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.
Gaillagos has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 55% of homes. It skews older: a third of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Gaillagos does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gaillagos as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Pouey-Laün, in Arrens-Marsous, 3 mi away.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Gaillagos is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gaillagos.
Degrees are held by 37% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.1% of residents, below Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (9.6%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
| Gaillagos | Hautes-Pyrénées median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 13% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly a tenth of Gaillagos’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. The median disposable income is €25,290 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 5 homes were sold in Gaillagos. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.36/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Gaillagos. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gaillagos yet.
Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Gaillagos is a commune of 125 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaillagos | 125 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Argelès-Gazost | 2,761 | 4.3 | B+ | C | A | C+ |
| Lourdes | 13,266 | 10 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Nay Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3,184 | 14 | A | B+ | A− | C− |
| Pontacq Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2,925 | 15 | — | A | — | B |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,114 | 18 | C+ | B− | C− | C |
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.