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Le PlaAriège

A town of 61 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Le Pla a good place to live?

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

What makes Le Pla stand out

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

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

No historic monuments in Le Pla

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

The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Invention-Saint-Etienne, in Escouloubre, 2.8 mi away.

23% 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 Le Pla.

Who lives here

Le Pla skews older, with 65% of residents 65 or over, more than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 3.2%, below Ariège’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults. Also worth knowing: the age that splits Le Pla in two is 68.

68median age
Le PlaAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Pla
Le PlaAriège medianFrance median
Under 153.2%15%17%
15–240%10%11%
25–448.1%22%23%
45–6424%26%26%
65+65%27%22%
No diploma12%21%19%
CAP or BEP32%26%26%
Baccalauréat18%20%18%
Higher education32%25%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Le Pla are out of work than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: 28.6%

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving100%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Le Pla, 1.5 per working resident
28.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
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 Le Pla is €9.17/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €9.93/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 6 homes in Le Pla.

€9.17/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Pla€9.17/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€9.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.97 to €12.06/m² a month)
€9.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château d'Usson and 3 more in and around Le Pla

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Pla. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Le Pla

12pages on Le Pla

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Le Pla

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Pla yet.

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Le Pla’s neighbors

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

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QuillanQuillanLe Pla
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Pla61—————
Quillan Aude2,97812BA−B−C

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

About Le Pla

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Le Pla is a commune of 61 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Ariège. 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
61 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Ariège
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.1 sq mi (13.2 km²)
INSEE code
09230

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.