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LesparrouAriège

A town of 236 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Lesparrou a good place to live?

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

What makes Lesparrou stand out

The 2 things Lesparrou does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Lesparrou

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Chalabre, 6 mi away.

32% 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 Lesparrou.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Lesparrou than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 9.4% are under 15

People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1% of the town. 33% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Ariège’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). The middle age in Lesparrou is 57.4.

57.4median age
LesparrouAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education29%

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 Lesparrou
LesparrouAriège medianFrance median
Under 159.4%15%17%
15–247.1%10%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+33%27%22%
No diploma18%21%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education29%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Lesparrou than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €18,910 a year per consumption unit

The unemployment rate comes to 14.6%. At the census, 7.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Ariège’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 50 jobs are based in Lesparrou, for 100 working residents (0.4 per worker).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
50
jobs based in Lesparrou, 0.4 per working resident
14.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€18,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
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 Lesparrou is €9.52/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.58/m² a month. Sales in Lesparrou from July 2023 to June 2026: 10 houses and apartments.

€9.52/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lesparrou€9.52/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€9.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €12.03/m² a month)
€8.58/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 Lesparrou

11pages on Lesparrou

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Lesparrou

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lesparrou yet.

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Lesparrou’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 →
LavelanetMirepoixQuillanFoixVarilhesTarascon-sur-AriègeLavelanetMirepoixQuillanFoixVarilhesTarascon-sur-AriègeLesparrou
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lesparrou236—————
Lavelanet5,9873.3C+A−DC+
Mirepoix3,17211B−B−BC
Quillan Aude2,97814BA−B−C
Foix9,93416CA−DC−
Varilhes3,48716AB+B+A
Tarascon-sur-Ariège3,08517C−B+C+C

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

About Lesparrou

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Lesparrou is a commune of 236 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Olmes. 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
236 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays d'Olmes
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
6.3 sq mi (16.4 km²)
INSEE code
09165

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.