Find your town in Ariège
Ariège has 325 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 11 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 14 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Ariège is like
The median ranked town in Ariège grades highest on walkability and cost of living against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
2 of 11 (18%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
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11 towns · ordered by Ariège rank
1 of these towns has a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of its index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
314 smaller towns and villages in Ariège
With the 11 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 325 communes of Ariège, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
300 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Ariège
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Ariège
What is the best place to live in Ariège?
Varilhes ranks first of 11 graded towns of 2,500 or more: health (A) and safety (B+) are its strongest grades; jobs & income (B−) is its lowest. La Tour-du-Crieu and Saint-Jean-du-Falga follow.
How do the biggest towns in Ariège grade?
Pamiers (16,473 people) grades C overall, with its best grade in walkability. Foix (9,934 people) grades C overall, with its best grade in cost of living.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Ariège, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Ariège on TownRatings?
Yes: all 325 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 11 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 14 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 300 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Photos: Varilhes, User:Ville de Varilhes (CC BY-SA 4.0) · La Tour-du-Crieu, Lucas Destrem (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Jean-du-Falga, jean-claude aiglehoux (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Mazères, Lucas Destrem (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Mirepoix, BastienM (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Lavelanet, Jean-Louis Venet (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Foix, Jcb-caz-11 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Pamiers, Nebru09 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Girons, Olybrius (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Ji-Elle (Public domain) · Saverdun, LucasD (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.