Saint-Lizier has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,370/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Couserans-Pyrénées. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 48% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Lizier 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Lizier.
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Lizier are 15 to 24: 5.3%, fewer than in Ariège’s towns and compared French towns
Children are 9.1% of the town. 49% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Ariège’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Saint-Lizier have a median age of 64.2.
64.2median age
Saint-LizierAriège medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
49%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 82 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A+
Mortality in Saint-Lizier, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Ariège’s towns and compared French towns: 52 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Ariège: 84.9 years for women and 80 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 286 deaths in Saint-Lizier between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 397: 28% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Lizier is Centre hospitalier Ariege Couserans site Saint Lizier, 0.2 mi away.
−48%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw72
Adjusted52
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Saint-Lizier · 5.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ariege Couserans site Saint Lizier
0.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ariege Couserans site Saint Lizier
84.9 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ariège, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Fewer people in Saint-Lizier are out of work than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.9%
1,450 jobs are based in Saint-Lizier, for 400 working residents (3.7 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €27,240 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 11.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Ariège’s towns (15.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot7%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,450
jobs based in Saint-Lizier, 3.7 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 68% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Lizier is rich in protected monuments: 72 per 10,000 residents, more than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Lizier is Murailles gallo-romaines. This Ariège town has 10 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 5 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1993. Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity.
Murailles gallo-romaines: Photo: Nina 76 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Sède: Photo: Nina 76 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison à pans de bois du 16e siècle, dite maison Loubières: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne maison canoniale du 18e siècle: Photo: PierreG 09 · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Lizier
Is Saint-Lizier safe?
Saint-Lizier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Saint-Lizier good?
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns. 95% of 145 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique du Couserans in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Lizier expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,370/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Lizier grades B+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Lizier
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Saint-Lizier is a commune of 1,391 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
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.
