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MontarditAriège

A town of 224 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Montardit a good place to live?

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

What makes Montardit stand out

The one thing Montardit does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Montardit

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

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne maison canoniale du 18e siècle, in Saint-Lizier, 5.5 mi away.

33% 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 Montardit.

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Montardit, fewer than in both Ariège’s towns and compared French towns

23% of residents are 65 or over, below Ariège’s towns (27%) but above compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 33% of adults. Residents of Montardit have a median age of 50.

50median age
MontarditAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montardit
MontarditAriège medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4418%22%23%
45–6435%26%26%
65+23%27%22%
No diploma12%21%19%
CAP or BEP31%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education33%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Montardit has lower unemployment than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5%

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.0% of commuters travelled at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €23,280 a year per consumption unit, about level with Ariège’s towns (€23,470) and below compared French towns (€25,970).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
On foot0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Montardit, 0.2 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Montardit costs less than in both Ariège’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.96/m² a month

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

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

€7.96/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Montardit€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)
€7.91/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 Montardit

11pages on Montardit

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Montardit

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

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Montardit’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 →
Saint-GironsMontesquieu-VolvestreCazèresRieux-VolvestreCarbonneSaint-GironsMontesquieu-VolvestreCazèresRieux-VolvestreCarbonneMontardit
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montardit224—————
Saint-Girons6,0086.6CB+DC−
Montesquieu-Volvestre Haute-Garonne3,0509.4BAA−B−
Cazères Haute-Garonne4,85411C−A−DC−
Rieux-Volvestre Haute-Garonne2,63913AA−AC−
Carbonne Haute-Garonne5,56316CBCB−

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

About Montardit

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Montardit is a commune of 224 people in the Communauté de communes Couserans-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
224 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Couserans-Pyrénées
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.4 km²)
INSEE code
09198

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.