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MalléonAriège

A town of 77 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Malléon a good place to live?

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

What makes Malléon stand out

The one thing Malléon does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Malléon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Malléon’s story

No historic monuments in Malléon

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Gargas, in Viviès, 4.1 mi away.

37% 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 Malléon.

Who lives here

Few people in Malléon are 65 or over: 16%, below Ariège’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 12% of the population. 19% are under 15, above Ariège’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.

40.5median age
MalléonAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Malléon
MalléonAriège medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–2412%10%11%
25–4428%22%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+16%27%22%
No diploma21%21%19%
CAP or BEP33%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education25%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Malléon has lower unemployment than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 5.9%

At the census, 9.1% of working residents in Malléon didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Malléon, 0.4 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
9%
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 Malléon is €10.93/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €8.19/m² a month. Malléon recorded 1 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.93/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Malléon€10.93/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€10.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.81 to €13.56/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 Malléon

11pages on Malléon

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Malléon

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

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Malléon’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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VarilhesSaint-Jean-du-FalgaLa Tour-du-CrieuFoixPamiersMirepoixVarilhesSaint-Jean-du-FalgaLa Tour-du-CrieuFoixPamiersMirepoixMalléon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Malléon77—————
Varilhes3,4874.3AB+B+A
Saint-Jean-du-Falga2,8515.8B+BB+B
La Tour-du-Crieu3,2305.8A−CA+A−
Foix9,9347.1CA−DC−
Pamiers16,4737.7CB+DC
Mirepoix3,1729.1B−B−BC

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

About Malléon

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Malléon is a commune of 77 people in the Communauté d'agglomération L'agglo Foix-Varilhes. 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
77 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération L'agglo Foix-Varilhes
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.7 sq mi (6.9 km²)
INSEE code
09179

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.