Villeneuve-du-LatouAriège
Population 154: a town in Ariège, Occitanie.
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Villeneuve-du-Latou has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
Église Saint-Martin · Classé · Photo: jean-claude aiglehoux · CC BY-SA 3.0
Villeneuve-du-Latou’s story
Villeneuve-du-Latou in pictures
Villeneuve-du-Latou has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
- 1932First protected: Église Saint-Martin
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The data
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History
Villeneuve-du-Latou keeps more of its old housing than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 51% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Villeneuve-du-Latou is Église Saint-Martin. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
1historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit0
12th c.
oldest protected part
1932
first monument protected
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Villeneuve-du-Latou are 15 to 24: 7.1%, fewer than in Ariège’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, lower than Ariège’s towns (27%) and near compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. The median resident of Villeneuve-du-Latou is 48 years old.
48median age
Ages · share of residents
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Villeneuve-du-Latou | Villeneuve-du-Latou | Ariège median | France median |
|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
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| 15–24 | 7.1% | 10% | 11% |
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| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
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| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
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| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
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| No diploma | 26% | 21% | 19% |
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| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
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| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
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| Higher education | 28% | 25% | 30% |
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INSEE, census 2023 · Ariège median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Villeneuve-du-Latou has higher unemployment than Ariège’s towns or compared French towns: 20.3%
For its 50 residents in work, Villeneuve-du-Latou has 50 jobs: 0.6 each. At the census, 7.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €23,880 a year per consumption unit, about level with Ariège’s towns (€23,470) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot4%
Public transport4%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Villeneuve-du-Latou, 0.6 per working resident
20.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
14%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Villeneuve-du-Latou is €11.21/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Villeneuve-du-Latou recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€11.21/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Villeneuve-du-Latou€11.21/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ariège median€9.99/m²
€11.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.00 to €13.97/m² a month)
€7.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Villeneuve-du-Latou
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Landmarks
Villeneuve-du-Latou has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Photo credits
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: jean-claude aiglehoux · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Villeneuve-du-Latou
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villeneuve-du-Latou yet.
How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Villeneuve-du-Latou
Commune in Ariège, Occitanie
Villeneuve-du-Latou is a commune of 154 people in the Communauté de communes Arize Lèze. 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
- 154 (INSEE, census 2023)
- Intercommunality
- Communauté de communes Arize Lèze
- Département
- Ariège (09)
- Région
- Occitanie
- Area
- 2.6 sq mi (6.6 km²)
- INSEE code
- 09338
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 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.
