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CadarcetAriège

A town of 211 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Cadarcet a good place to live?

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

What makes Cadarcet stand out

The 2 things Cadarcet does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Cadarcet

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

The nearest classé monument is Grotte ornée du Portel, in Loubens, 2.6 mi away.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cadarcet.

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Cadarcet, fewer than in Ariège’s towns and across compared French towns

Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.5% of residents. 31% of residents are 65 or over, above Ariège’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Degrees are held by 36% of adults.

54median age
CadarcetAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat25%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cadarcet
CadarcetAriège medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–247.5%10%11%
25–4420%22%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+31%27%22%
No diploma16%21%19%
CAP or BEP21%26%26%
Baccalauréat25%20%18%
Higher education36%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Cadarcet are out of work than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.6%

One in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Per resident in work, Cadarcet counts 0.5 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €23,560 a year per consumption unit, about level with Ariège’s towns (€23,470) and below compared French towns (€25,970).

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving72%
Public transport4%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Cadarcet, 0.5 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
17%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Cadarcet than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.25/m² a month

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

11 houses and apartments changed hands in Cadarcet from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cadarcet€9.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.39 to €11.57/m² a month)
€7.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Grotte du Portel and 3 more in and around Cadarcet

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Cadarcet. Best known first.

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

12pages on Cadarcet

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Cadarcet

One notable person was born in Cadarcet.

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Cadarcet’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 →
FoixVarilhesSaint-Jean-du-FalgaPamiersLa Tour-du-CrieuTarascon-sur-AriègeFoixVarilhesSaint-Jean-du-FalgaPamiersLa Tour-du-CrieuTarascon-sur-AriègeCadarcet
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cadarcet211—————
Foix9,9346.4CA−DC−
Varilhes3,4877AB+B+A
Saint-Jean-du-Falga2,8518.1B+BB+B
Pamiers16,4739.3CB+DC
La Tour-du-Crieu3,23010A−CA+A−
Tarascon-sur-Ariège3,08513C−B+C+C

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

About Cadarcet

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Cadarcet is a commune of 211 people in the Communauté de communes Couserans-Pyrénées. 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
211 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Couserans-Pyrénées
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.3 sq mi (11.1 km²)
INSEE code
09071

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.