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Le BoscAriège

A town of 113 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Le Bosc a good place to live?

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

What makes Le Bosc stand out

The 2 things Le Bosc does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Le Bosc’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Le Bosc’s story

No historic monuments in Le Bosc

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

The nearest classé monument is Mine antique de cuivre, in La Bastide-de-Sérou, 5.2 mi away.

59% 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 Le Bosc.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Le Bosc than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 5.2% are under 15

3.5% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Ariège’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 34% of the population. Line up the people of Le Bosc by age and the one in the middle is 57.5.

57.5median age
Le BoscAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma9%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Bosc
Le BoscAriège medianFrance median
Under 155.2%15%17%
15–243.5%10%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+34%27%22%
No diploma9.3%21%19%
CAP or BEP21%26%26%
Baccalauréat24%20%18%
Higher education34%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Le Bosc has higher unemployment than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 26.4%

10.0% of Le Bosc’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving75%
Public transport8%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Le Bosc, 0.4 per working resident
26.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Le Bosc costs less than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.71/m² a month

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

15 houses and apartments changed hands in Le Bosc from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.71/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Bosc€8.71/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€8.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €10.89/m² a month)
€7.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Bosc

11pages on Le Bosc

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Le Bosc

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Le Bosc as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Le Bosc’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 →
FoixTarascon-sur-AriègeVarilhesSaint-Jean-du-FalgaPamiersLa Tour-du-CrieuFoixTarascon-sur-AriègeVarilhesSaint-Jean-du-FalgaPamiersLa Tour-du-CrieuLe Bosc
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Bosc113—————
Foix9,9347.7CA−DC−
Tarascon-sur-Ariège3,08510C−B+C+C
Varilhes3,48711AB+B+A
Saint-Jean-du-Falga2,85113B+BB+B
Pamiers16,47314CB+DC
La Tour-du-Crieu3,23015A−CA+A−

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

About Le Bosc

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Le Bosc is a commune of 113 people in the Communauté d'agglomération L'agglo Foix-Varilhes. 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
113 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération L'agglo Foix-Varilhes
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
9.9 sq mi (25.6 km²)
INSEE code
09063

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.