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MijanèsAriège

A town of 56 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Mijanès a good place to live?

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

What makes Mijanès stand out

The 2 things Mijanès does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Mijanès

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

The nearest classé monument is Église de l'Invention-Saint-Etienne, in Escouloubre, 3.5 mi away.

57% 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 Mijanès.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Mijanès: 54% are 65 or over, above Ariège’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 4% of the population. Children under 15 make up 6%, below both Ariège’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 22% have a degree.

68median age
MijanèsAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Mijanès
MijanèsAriège medianFrance median
Under 156%15%17%
15–244%10%11%
25–4410%22%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+54%27%22%
No diploma18%21%19%
CAP or BEP18%26%26%
Baccalauréat24%20%18%
Higher education22%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 7.7% of commuters in Mijanès go to work without a car, fewer than in Ariège’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 14.3%, about level with Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and above compared French towns (10.1%).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Bicycle8%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Mijanès, 1.2 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
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 Mijanès is €9.17/m² a month

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

9 houses and apartments changed hands in Mijanès from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.17/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mijanès€9.17/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€9.17/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.97 to €12.06/m² a month)
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Forge de Mijanès and 3 more in and around Mijanès

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Mijanès. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Mijanès

12pages on Mijanès

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Mijanès

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

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Mijanès’ 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 →
QuillanLavelanetQuillanLavelanetMijanès
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mijanès56—————
Quillan Aude2,97812BA−B−C
Lavelanet5,98718C+A−DC+

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

About Mijanès

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Mijanès is a commune of 56 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Ariège. 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
56 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Ariège
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
15.3 sq mi (39.7 km²)
INSEE code
09193

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.