Schools are its strong suit: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Add health to its strengths (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 12.3% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,294/m² costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Arize Lèze.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Mas-d'Azil has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Le Mas-d'Azil 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Mortality in Le Mas-d'Azil, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Ariège’s towns and compared French towns: 69 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Ariège can expect 84.9 years and a boy 80 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 213 deaths in Le Mas-d'Azil from 2016 to 2025; there were 177, 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Le Mas-d'Azil is Centre hospitalier Ariege Couserans site Saint Lizier, 12.7 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners in the town.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Le Mas-d'Azil · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ariege Couserans site Saint Lizier
12.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ariege Couserans site Saint Lizier
84.9 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ariège, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Mas-d'Azil 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.
The median price, €1,294/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Le Mas-d'Azil from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 95% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€1,294/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Mas-d'Azil€1,294/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ariège median€1,645/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,294/m²
39
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.39 to €11.57/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Arize Lèze
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Le Mas-d'Azil has fewer young adults than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24
Over-65s are 30% of the population. 28% of adults hold a degree, between Ariège’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: at 51.2, the median resident of Le Mas-d'Azil sits in the middle of the age range.
51.2median age
Le Mas-d'AzilAriège medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Le Mas-d'Azil: 33% were built before 1919, more than in Ariège’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Relative to its size, Le Mas-d'Azil keeps 40 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments locally is Dolmen de Bidot. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments here: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Mas-d'Azil
Is Le Mas-d'Azil safe?
Le Mas-d'Azil has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 12.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Le Mas-d'Azil good?
They grade A+, better than 95% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Mas-d'Azil expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,294/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Mas-d'Azil grades A− for cost of living.
About Le Mas-d'Azil
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Le Mas-d'Azil is a commune of 1,237 people in the Communauté de communes Arize Lèze. 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
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.
