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3,230 residents make their home in this town in Ariège, Occitanie.
Some subjects shine; others lag. Crime is low (A+): an average of 1.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With an A− overall, La Tour-du-Crieu is better than 77% of compared French towns and ranks #2 of 11 in Ariège. Health outcomes beat most towns (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,000/m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing La Tour-du-Crieu does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Tour-du-Crieu with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in La Tour-du-Crieu as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Antonin, dite Mas Cailloup, in Pamiers, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near La Tour-du-Crieu. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Tour-du-Crieu.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
La Tour-du-Crieu has 8 family doctors. Life expectancy in Ariège: 84.9 years for women and 80 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 299 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 223, 25% fewer.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.02/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and above Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²). La Tour-du-Crieu is the most expensive of the 11 towns in Ariège: its median sale is €2,000/m². 90 sales of houses and apartments in the town, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,000/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,000/m² | 90 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #3 of 10 in Ariège. The nearest collège is 1.8 mi away. The bac pass rate near La Tour-du-Crieu is 94.1%, in line with Ariège’s towns (94.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre BayleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 86%−4 pts |
| Lycée général privé Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 65 | 97%−2 pts |
| Collège Jean XXIII PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 104 | 97%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
9.8% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,350 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.8% of working residents in La Tour-du-Crieu didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
23% of residents are 65 or over, below Ariège’s towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 29% of adults. Ages in La Tour-du-Crieu split evenly at 44.8: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| La Tour-du-Crieu | Ariège median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Tour-du-Crieu 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 La Tour-du-Crieu yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tour-du-Crieu | 3,230 | — | A− | C | A+ | A− |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga | 2,851 | 2 | B+ | B | B+ | B |
| Pamiers | 16,473 | 2.2 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Varilhes | 3,487 | 4.1 | A | B+ | B+ | A |
| Saverdun | 4,808 | 9.8 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Mazères | 3,852 | 9.9 | B | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Foix | 9,934 | 10 | C | A− | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 11 in Ariège.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns and #3 of 10 in Ariège. 97% of 65 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé Notre-Dame in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,000/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Tour-du-Crieu grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
La Tour-du-Crieu is a commune of 3,230 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.