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A town of 2,397 in Ariège, Occitanie.
Verniolle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,754/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération L'agglo Foix-Varilhes.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Verniolle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Verniolle 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Verniolle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and museums in and near Verniolle. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Verniolle.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,754/m², comes from 68 sales of houses and apartments in Verniolle from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.02/m² a month, close to Ariège’s towns (€9.99/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,759/m² | 63 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Verniolle sits below both Ariège’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Over-65s are 28% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Verniolle | Ariège median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Verniolle above both Ariège’s towns (86.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean XXIII PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 97%+5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent PyrèneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 278 | 96%±0 pts |
| Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 78 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Verniolle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On this, Verniolle is below both Ariège’s towns (13.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 6.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 404 residents of Verniolle died, against 351 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. Its care home for older people (88 places) counts its residents as Verniolle’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 24 offenses in the graded categories in Verniolle in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 25.9% of the index here. With 1,250 jobs for 1,000 working residents, Verniolle draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Verniolle has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Fiches: Photo: BastienM · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Verniolle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verniolle | 2,397 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga | 2,851 | 1.1 | B+ | B | B+ | B |
| La Tour-du-Crieu | 3,230 | 1.6 | A− | C | A+ | A− |
| Varilhes | 3,487 | 2.5 | A | B+ | B+ | A |
| Pamiers | 16,473 | 2.9 | C | B+ | D | C |
| Foix | 9,934 | 8.4 | C | A− | D | C− |
| Saverdun | 4,808 | 11 | D | C+ | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Verniolle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. 96% of 278 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pyrène in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,754/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Verniolle grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Verniolle is a commune of 2,397 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 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.