 In the southern part of the valley there are seven villages and a small hamlet.The largest village is Serviès-en-Val, 3 km from the eastern end of the valley, with a village school, a rugby stadium and three small shops.Smaller villages and hamlets lie along the valley sides around Serviès; Villar-en-Val near the western head of the valley, Labastide-en-Val along the sides of a southern tributary valley, Villetritouls, Taurize and Rieux-en-Val on the southern valley edge, Arquettes-en-Val on the facing northern slope, and Villemagne, a wine producing hamlet near the entrance to the gorge, based on the site of a Roman villa.