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UnacAriège

A town of 127 in Ariège, Occitanie.

Is Unac a good place to live?

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

What makes Unac stand out

The one thing Unac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Classé · Photo: PierreG 09 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Unac’s story

Unac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Unac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1846.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1846First protected: Église Saint-Martin
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Unac.

Who lives here

Unac has fewer young adults than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 7.9% are 15 to 24

27% of residents are 65 or over, close to Ariège’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 14%. Ages in Unac split evenly at 47.8: half are older, half younger.

47.8median age
UnacAriège medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Unac
UnacAriège medianFrance median
Under 1514%15%17%
15–247.9%10%11%
25–4423%22%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+27%27%22%
No diploma16%21%19%
CAP or BEP35%26%26%
Baccalauréat16%20%18%
Higher education28%25%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Unac: 29% were built before 1919, more than in Ariège’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Unac is Église Saint-Martin.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1846
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Unac are out of work than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.3%

6.7% 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%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,670 a year per consumption unit.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Unac, 0.2 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Unac than in Ariège’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.58/m² a month

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

The market in Unac: 8 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.58/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Unac€8.58/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.88 to €10.70/m² a month)
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Lordat and 2 more in and around Unac

Heritage and museums in and near Unac. Best known first.

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

12pages on Unac

Landmarks

Unac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: PierreG 09 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Unac

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

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Unac’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 →
Tarascon-sur-AriègeLavelanetFoixTarascon-sur-AriègeLavelanetFoixUnac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Unac127—————
Tarascon-sur-Ariège3,08511C−B+C+C
Lavelanet5,98712C+A−DC+
Foix9,93416CA−DC−

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

About Unac

Commune in Ariège, Occitanie

Unac is a commune of 127 people in the Communauté de communes de la Haute Ariège. 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
127 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Haute Ariège
Département
Ariège (09)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1 sq mi (2.6 km²)
INSEE code
09318

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.