Galan has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 10% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 52% of residents are 65 or over.
What makes Galan stand out
The 2 things Galan does most differently from other towns.
Église Saint-Julien: Photo: Bollystolly · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne porte de ville: Photo: Bollystolly · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Galan.
Who lives here
Galan has fewer young adults than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 4.9% are 15 to 24
66.4median age
Children are 7.3% of the town. Nearly a fifth of adults hold a degree, below both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (26%) and compared French towns (30%). Ages in Galan split evenly at 66.4: half are older, half younger.
GalanHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
52%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Galan: 28% were built before 1919, more than in both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Galan; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century.
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit3
14th c.
oldest protected part
1944
first monument protected
2008
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Galan has 1.5 jobs for every resident in work
9%walk, cycle or take transit
The unemployment rate comes to 11.2%. Bus, tram or train carried 3.4% of working residents in Galan to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,250 a year per consumption unit, about level with Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (€23,985) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
300
jobs based in Galan, 1.5 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Galan is a commune of 698 people in the Communauté de communes du Plateau de Lannemezan. 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
698 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Plateau de Lannemezan
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.3 sq mi (13.8 km²)
INSEE code
65183
Galan’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
