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MiglosAriège

In Ariège, Occitanie, this town has 142 residents.

Is Miglos a good place to live?

Miglos isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 62% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 36% of residents.

What makes Miglos stand out

The 2 things Miglos does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Ruines du château d'Arquizat
Ruines du château d'Arquizat · Classé · Photo: Tylwyth Eldar · CC BY-SA 4.0
Miglos’ story

Miglos in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Miglos counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1973.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1973First protected: Église d'Arquizat
  • 1987Most recently protected: Ruines du château d'Arquizat
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Nearby attractions

Château de Miglos and 6 more in and around Miglos

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Miglos. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Miglos.

Who lives here

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

People 65 and over make up 36% of the town, above both Ariège’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by nearly two in five adults. Also worth knowing: half of Miglos is older than 54.8, half younger.

54.8median age
MiglosAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma9%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education39%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Miglos
MiglosAriège medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–246.3%10%11%
25–4413%22%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+36%27%22%
No diploma8.7%21%19%
CAP or BEP22%26%26%
Baccalauréat22%20%18%
Higher education39%25%30%

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

History

Miglos keeps more of its old housing than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919

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

On the Culture ministry’s list, Miglos counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Ruines du château d'Arquizat. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
1973
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Miglos than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €19,860 a year per consumption unit

Unemployment stood at 9.1%, lower than both Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 12.0% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.

12%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving72%
On foot6%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter4%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Miglos, 0.4 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€19,860
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

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Miglos than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.96/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.48/m² a month. Sales in Miglos from July 2023 to June 2026: 7 houses and apartments.

€7.96/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Miglos€7.96/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€7.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.41 to €9.88/m² a month)
€8.48/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 Miglos

12pages on Miglos

Landmarks

On the Culture ministry’s list, Miglos counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église d'Arquizat: Photo: Pierre Goujet · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ruines du château d'Arquizat: Photo: Tylwyth Eldar · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Miglos

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

How we find them →

Miglos’ 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 →
Tarascon-sur-AriègeFoixLavelanetVarilhesTarascon-sur-AriègeFoixLavelanetVarilhesMiglos
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Miglos142—————
Tarascon-sur-Ariège3,0854C−B+C+C
Foix9,93412CA−DC−
Lavelanet5,98716C+A−DC+
Varilhes3,48718AB+B+A

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

About Miglos

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Miglos is a commune of 142 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Tarascon. 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
142 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Tarascon
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
7.3 sq mi (18.8 km²)
INSEE code
09192

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.