Homes are affordable (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income (C): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.6% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and C+ for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,368/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Arzens 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.
Each subject compares Arzens 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arzens.
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Arzens than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.32/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 33 homes were sold in Arzens. House rents are put at about €7.85/m² a month. That is the middle of 33 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,923/m² for the median of compared towns in Aude.
€1,368/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Arzens€1,368/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,368/m²
33
€9.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.57 to €11.49/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,110
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Arzens sees fewer deaths than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 83 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Aude, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.4 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 112 residents of Arzens died, against 134 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Arzens is Polyclinique Montreal Carcassonne, 6 mi away.
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Arzens · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Montreal Carcassonne
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Arzens keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Arzens; none is classé, France’s top protection. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Arzens has fewer young adults than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24
A quarter of residents are 65 or over. Under-15s account for 16% of the population. Degrees are held by 26% of adults, close to Aude’s towns (25%) and below compared French towns (30%).
48.2median age
ArzensAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Only 3.8% of commuters in Arzens go to work without a car, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
Of those in the labour force, 9.6% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €25,100 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Aude’s towns (€23,350). No commute at all: 3.5% of working residents in Arzens at the census.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Arzens, 0.6 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Arzens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
All told, Arzens had 16 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.4. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
4.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Theft from vehicles6
Armed robbery0
Fraud5
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.
4.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
42.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 42.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Arzens
Is Arzens safe?
Arzens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Arzens expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Arzens grades A− for cost of living.
About Arzens
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Arzens is a commune of 1,174 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo. 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
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.
