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A town of 200 in Lozère, Occitanie.
Palhers is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Palhers does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Palhers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Romain, in Bourgs sur Colagne, 1.7 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Palhers.
26% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 10%, below Lozère’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Palhers has a median age of 53.8 years.
45% women, 55% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Palhers | Lozère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.5% | 15% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 41% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lozère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Per resident in work, Palhers counts 1 jobs (50 jobs, 50 workers). After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,470 a year per consumption unit. 6.7% of Palhers’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel PierrelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 44 | 86%−8 pts |
| Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 37 | 100% |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 51 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.21/m² a month. The market in Palhers: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Palhers. Best known first.
Nothing in Palhers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Palhers yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Lozère, Occitanie
Palhers is a commune of 200 people in the Communauté de communes du Gévaudan. 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
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 October 30, 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.