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LissacAriège

A town of 237 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Lissac a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Lissac

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Cintegabelle, 3.2 mi away.

36% 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 Lissac.

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

Degrees are held by a third of adults. 15% are under 15, about level with Ariège’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.

48.7median age
LissacAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Lissac
LissacAriège medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+23%27%22%
No diploma12%21%19%
CAP or BEP32%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education33%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 4.5% of commuters in Lissac go to work without a car, fewer than in both Ariège’s towns and compared French towns

The jobless rate is 12.4%. The median disposable income was €26,430 a year per consumption unit, higher than Ariège’s towns (€23,470) and near compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 7.1% of working residents in Lissac at the census.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Lissac, 0.2 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away.

88.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Lissac88.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Lionel JospinNearest collègeCollègeCollège7388%+1 pt
88.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +1 pt against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Lissac is €11.84/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €9.79/m² a month. The market in Lissac: 10 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€11.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lissac€11.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€11.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.49 to €14.78/m² a month)
€9.79/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 Lissac

12pages on Lissac

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Lissac

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

How we find them →

Lissac’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 →
CintegabelleSaverdunAuteriveNaillouxMazèresMiremontCintegabelleSaverdunAuteriveNaillouxMazèresMiremontLissac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lissac237—————
Cintegabelle Haute-Garonne3,0063BC+AC
Saverdun4,8084DC+CD
Auterive Haute-Garonne10,4566.1B−B−C+B+
Nailloux Haute-Garonne4,2118.3AA−A−C+
Mazères3,8528.5BC+B+C−
Miremont Haute-Garonne2,8388.6BC+AB+

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

About Lissac

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Lissac is a commune of 237 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. 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
237 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1.5 sq mi (3.8 km²)
INSEE code
09170

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.