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BellocAriège

A town of 84 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Belloc a good place to live?

Belloc is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Belloc stand out

The one thing Belloc does most differently from other towns.

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Belloc’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Belloc’s story

No historic monuments in Belloc

The Culture ministry lists no building in Belloc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château (ruines), in Lagarde, 2.7 mi away.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Belloc.

Who lives here

Belloc has fewer young adults than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 6% are 15 to 24

That puts Belloc below both Ariège’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 19% of residents are children under 15.

48median age
BellocAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Belloc
BellocAriège medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–246%10%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+25%27%22%
No diploma12%21%19%
CAP or BEP23%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education40%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Belloc, 26.2%, runs above Ariège’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Belloc is above both Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Belloc has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.6 per worker.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving59%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Belloc, 0.6 per working resident
26.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
38%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Belloc is €10.93/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.93/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Belloc€10.93/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€10.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €13.56/m² a month)
€7.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Lagarde and 4 more in and around Belloc

Heritage in and near Belloc. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Belloc

12pages on Belloc

Landmarks

Nothing in Belloc is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Belloc

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Belloc yet.

How we find them →

Belloc’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Ariège →
MirepoixLavelanetLimouxLa Tour-du-CrieuVarilhesQuillanMirepoixLavelanetLimouxLa Tour-du-CrieuVarilhesQuillanBelloc
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Belloc84—————
Mirepoix3,1726.1B−B−BC
Lavelanet5,9877C+A−DC+
Limoux Aude10,53215CB+C−C
La Tour-du-Crieu3,23015A−CA+A−
Varilhes3,48715AB+B+A
Quillan Aude2,97816BA−B−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Belloc

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Belloc is a commune of 84 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mirepoix. 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
84 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Mirepoix
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.8 sq mi (9.7 km²)
INSEE code
09048

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.