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LeychertAriège

A town of 114 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Leychert a good place to live?

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

What makes Leychert stand out

The one thing Leychert does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Sainte-Anne
Église Sainte-Anne · Inscrit · Photo: Jcb-caz-11 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Leychert’s story

Leychert in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Leychert, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1995First protected: Église Sainte-Anne
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Leychert.

History

Old homes shape Leychert: 23% were built before 1919, more than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

For Leychert, that is above both Ariège’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Leychert, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
15th c.
oldest protected part
1995
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Leychert has fewer young adults than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 6.3% are 15 to 24

Leychert sits below both Ariège’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. 12% of residents are children under 15.

50median age
LeychertAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Leychert
LeychertAriège medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–246.3%10%11%
25–4426%22%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+24%27%22%
No diploma9.8%21%19%
CAP or BEP27%26%26%
Baccalauréat15%20%18%
Higher education40%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Leychert are out of work than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.6%

That puts Leychert below both Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Leychert has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 9.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Public transport8%
Bicycle2%
On foot0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Leychert, 0.2 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Leychert than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.58/m² a month

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

On this, Leychert is below both Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.58/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Leychert€8.58/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.88 to €10.70/m² a month)
€8.19/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 Leychert

11pages on Leychert

Landmarks

Leychert has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Sainte-Anne: Photo: Jcb-caz-11 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Leychert

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Leychert as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Leychert’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 →
FoixLavelanetVarilhesTarascon-sur-AriègeSaint-Jean-du-FalgaLa Tour-du-CrieuFoixLavelanetVarilhesTarascon-sur-AriègeSaint-Jean-du-FalgaLa Tour-du-CrieuLeychert
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Leychert114—————
Foix9,9346.1CA−DC−
Lavelanet5,9876.2C+A−DC+
Varilhes3,4878.7AB+B+A
Tarascon-sur-Ariège3,0859.2C−B+C+C
Saint-Jean-du-Falga2,85111B+BB+B
La Tour-du-Crieu3,23012A−CA+A−

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

About Leychert

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Leychert is a commune of 114 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
114 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays d'Olmes
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.3 sq mi (5.9 km²)
INSEE code
09166

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.