Mazères grades B overall: better than 61% of compared French towns, and #4 of 11 in Ariège. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,647/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées. Its strongest is safety (B+): an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Mazères with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mazères.
HealthHealth C−
Mazères’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 81% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Mazères records 101 deaths per 100 expected, above both Ariège’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 683 residents of Mazères died, against 503 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw136
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Mazères · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite
15.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chiva site Saint Jean de Verges
84.9 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ariège, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mazères records less crime per resident than 73% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 67 offenses in the graded categories in Mazères in 2025. Mazères comes 2nd of the 11 compared towns in Ariège on the Safety Grade. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 5.8% of the index here.
6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage31
Family violence22
Theft from vehicles14
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
Theft without violence16
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
67
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Only 9.7% of commuters in Mazères go to work without a car, fewer than in Ariège’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Mazères comes below both Ariège’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Mazères has 1,950 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 1.2 per worker. 11.5% of the labour force are out of work.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,950
jobs based in Mazères, 1.2 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 68% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Mazères: 17% 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 Mazères, that is above both Ariège’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Mazères: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Mazères is Maison des Comtes de Foix.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Mazères gets a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,647/m², comes from 156 sales of houses and apartments in Mazères from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.75/m² a month, above Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,647/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mazères€1,647/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Ariège median€1,645/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,679/m²
144
€11.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.39 to €14.71/m² a month)
4.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.32/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mazères
Is Mazères safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #2 of 11 in Ariège.
Are schools in Mazères good?
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #1 of 10 in Ariège. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mazères expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,647/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mazères grades C+ for cost of living.
About Mazères
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Mazères is a commune of 3,852 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
3,852 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes d'Ariège Pyrénées
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.
