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2,124 people call this town in Aude, Occitanie home.
Argeliers’s strongest is walkability — 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €1,969/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. Health lags (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Argeliers 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 one thing Argeliers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Argeliers 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.
Argeliers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Argeliers; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest date from the 17th century.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Michel Azéma, born in 1752, is the one person born in Argeliers before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Argeliers. Best known first.
MuseumAmphoralis4.6 km southeast, in Sallèles-d'AudeAttractionAttractionTour de Boussecos3.9 km northwest, in Bize-MinervoisChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sériège3.8 km northeast, in CruzyAttractionAttractionBorie3.7 km northwest, in Bize-MinervoisAttractionAttractionCapitelle4.6 km west, in Bize-MinervoisPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Argeliers.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Argeliers have one GP on hand. Adjusted mortality locally: 105 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 213 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 223, 5% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Argeliers is Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne, 8.5 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Over-65s are 28% of the population. 16% of residents are children under 15. Typical age in Argeliers: 49.9, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Argeliers | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,350 a year per consumption unit, near Aude’s towns (€23,350) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 13.1% of the labour force are out of work. No commute at all: 4.1% of working residents in Argeliers at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Argeliers; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,969/m²: 104 houses and apartments sold in Argeliers between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 104 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,969/m² | 104 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Argeliers has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien château d'Argeliers: Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Argeliers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argeliers | 2,124 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Ouveillan | 2,713 | 3.3 | B | B | A | C− |
| Sallèles-d'Aude | 3,179 | 3.8 | D | C | A | C− |
| Cuxac-d'Aude | 4,079 | 6.1 | D | B− | C | C− |
| Capestang Hérault | 3,514 | 6.8 | B | B− | A− | C− |
| Puisserguier Hérault | 3,078 | 7.6 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Coursan | 5,737 | 9.2 | D | B− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Argeliers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.1 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,969/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Argeliers grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Argeliers is a commune of 2,124 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. 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.