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Montégut-PlantaurelAriège

A town of 311 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Montégut-Plantaurel a good place to live?

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

Montégut-Plantaurel’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Montégut-Plantaurel’s story

No historic monuments in Montégut-Plantaurel

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

The nearest classé monument is Dolmen de Goudère, in Gabre, 3.8 mi away.

19% 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 Montégut-Plantaurel.

Who lives here

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

Under-15s account for 13% of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above both Ariège’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 21% of adults hold a degree.

45.7median age
Montégut-PlantaurelAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma30%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montégut-Plantaurel
Montégut-PlantaurelAriège medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–2412%10%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6435%26%26%
65+16%27%22%
No diploma30%21%19%
CAP or BEP25%26%26%
Baccalauréat16%20%18%
Higher education21%25%30%

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

Work & commute

34.5% of commuters in Montégut-Plantaurel go to work without a car, more than in both Ariège’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 10.2%, below Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €21,840 a year per consumption unit. Montégut-Plantaurel has 150 jobs for 150 working residents, 1.1 per worker.

35%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving58%
On foot29%
Bicycle5%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Montégut-Plantaurel, 1.1 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
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 Montégut-Plantaurel costs less than in both Ariège’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.25/m² a month

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

The market in Montégut-Plantaurel: 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Montégut-Plantaurel€9.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.39 to €11.57/m² a month)
€7.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Musée des Enfants du château de la Hille and 4 more in and around Montégut-Plantaurel

Heritage and museums in and near Montégut-Plantaurel. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Montégut-Plantaurel

12pages on Montégut-Plantaurel

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Montégut-Plantaurel

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montégut-Plantaurel yet.

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Montégut-Plantaurel’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-Jean-du-FalgaPamiersVarilhesLa Tour-du-CrieuFoixSaverdunSaint-Jean-du-FalgaPamiersVarilhesLa Tour-du-CrieuFoixSaverdunMontégut-Plantaurel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montégut-Plantaurel311—————
Saint-Jean-du-Falga2,8516.9B+BB+B
Pamiers16,4737.2CB+DC
Varilhes3,4877.3AB+B+A
La Tour-du-Crieu3,2308.7A−CA+A−
Foix9,9349.6CA−DC−
Saverdun4,80812DC+CD

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

About Montégut-Plantaurel

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Montégut-Plantaurel is a commune of 311 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
311 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération L'agglo Foix-Varilhes
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
7.5 sq mi (19.3 km²)
INSEE code
09202

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.