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A town in Ariège, Occitanie, home to 1,352 people.
Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C): nearly half of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 13% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat 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 Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat 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.
Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Volusien, in Foix, 4.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Ariège is 84.9 years for women and 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 135 residents of Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat died, against 128 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat is Chiva site Saint Jean de Verges, 8 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.02/m² a month, about level with Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €8.48/m² a month. The market in Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat: 48 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,559/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat counts 1.1 jobs (600 jobs, 550 workers). Median disposable income comes to €24,370 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
25% of residents are 65 or over, below Ariège’s towns (27%) but above compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 28% have a degree. The age that splits Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat in two is 47.5.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat | Ariège median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat 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 Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat | 1,352 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Foix | 9,934 | 4.1 | C | A− | D | C− |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège | 3,085 | 5.4 | C− | B+ | C+ | C |
| Varilhes | 3,487 | 9.3 | A | B+ | B+ | A |
| Lavelanet | 5,987 | 9.9 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga | 2,851 | 12 | B+ | B | B+ | B |
| La Tour-du-Crieu | 3,230 | 13 | A− | C | A+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 3.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat is a commune of 1,352 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.