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1,253 people call this town in Ariège, Occitanie home.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D−). Jobs and pay trail most towns (D): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,833/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Rieux-de-Pelleport has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Rieux-de-Pelleport does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rieux-de-Pelleport 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.
Rieux-de-Pelleport has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Rieux-de-Pelleport as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Antonin, dite Mas Cailloup, in Pamiers, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rieux-de-Pelleport.
3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Ariège’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 9.7%. Households’ median disposable income: €26,090 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.02/m² a month, near Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 39 houses and apartments changed hands in Rieux-de-Pelleport from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.88/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,833/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: 18% of residents. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, above Ariège’s towns (10%) and close to compared French towns (11%). At 42.9, the median resident of Rieux-de-Pelleport sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Rieux-de-Pelleport | Ariège median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Rieux-de-Pelleport come to 90 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 69 residents of Rieux-de-Pelleport died, against 77 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. At birth, a girl in Ariège can expect 84.9 years and a boy 80 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Nothing in Rieux-de-Pelleport is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Rieux-de-Pelleport yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieux-de-Pelleport | 1,253 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Varilhes | 3,487 | 1.2 | A | B+ | B+ | A |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga | 2,851 | 1.8 | B+ | B | B+ | B |
| La Tour-du-Crieu | 3,230 | 3.6 | A− | C | A+ | A− |
| Pamiers | 16,473 | 3.9 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Foix | 9,934 | 6.8 | C | A− | D | C− |
| Saverdun | 4,808 | 12 | D | C+ | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rieux-de-Pelleport has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Rieux-de-Pelleport grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Rieux-de-Pelleport is a commune of 1,253 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.