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SautelAriège

A town of 123 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Sautel a good place to live?

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

What makes Sautel stand out

The one thing Sautel does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Sautel

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

The nearest classé monument is Château cathare, in Roquefixade, 3.8 mi away.

24% 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 Sautel.

Who lives here

An older town: 39% of people in Sautel are 65 or over, more than in Ariège’s towns and across compared French towns

Aged 15 to 24: 7.1% of residents. 13% are under 15, below both Ariège’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults.

59.2median age
SautelAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sautel
SautelAriège medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–247.1%10%11%
25–4412%22%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+39%27%22%
No diploma14%21%19%
CAP or BEP34%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education23%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Sautel, 20.0%, runs above Ariège’s towns and compared French towns

20.6% of Sautel’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Sautel, 0.4 per working resident
20.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
21%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.9 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 8.7 mi away.

93.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Sautel93.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollègeCollège5893%+6 pts
93.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Sautel is €9.52/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 4 homes were sold in Sautel.

€9.52/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sautel€9.52/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€9.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €12.03/m² a month)
€7.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Le jardin extraordinaire and 3 more in and around Sautel

Gardens and other places to visit in and near Sautel. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Sautel

13pages on Sautel

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Sautel

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

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Sautel’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 →
LavelanetMirepoixFoixVarilhesLa Tour-du-CrieuSaint-Jean-du-FalgaLavelanetMirepoixFoixVarilhesLa Tour-du-CrieuSaint-Jean-du-FalgaSautel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sautel123—————
Lavelanet5,9873.2C+A−DC+
Mirepoix3,1728.8B−B−BC
Foix9,93410CA−DC−
Varilhes3,48711AB+B+A
La Tour-du-Crieu3,23012A−CA+A−
Saint-Jean-du-Falga2,85112B+BB+B

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

About Sautel

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Sautel is a commune of 123 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Olmes. 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
123 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays d'Olmes
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.6 sq mi (9.3 km²)
INSEE code
09281

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.