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A town of 33 in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Auriac a good place to live?

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

What makes Auriac stand out

The 2 things Auriac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle Saint-André
Chapelle Saint-André · Inscrit · Photo: TeulièreEric · CC BY-SA 4.0
Auriac’s story

Auriac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Auriac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1948First protected: Chapelle Saint-André
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auriac.

Who lives here

An older town: 43% of people in Auriac are 65 or over, more than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, close to Aude’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 44% of adults. At 63.7, the median resident of Auriac sits in the middle of the age range.

63.7median age
AuriacAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat4%
Higher education44%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Auriac
AuriacAude medianFrance median
Under 158.6%15%17%
15–248.6%8.9%11%
25–448.6%19%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+43%29%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat3.7%20%18%
Higher education44%25%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Auriac: 28% were built before 1919, more than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns

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

Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Auriac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
11th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Auriac has higher unemployment than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 20.0%

No commute at all: 22.2% of working residents in Auriac at the census.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving67%
Public transport11%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Auriac, 1.8 per working resident
20.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
22%
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 Auriac than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.98/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €6.04/m² a month. The market in Auriac: 4 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.98/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Auriac€8.98/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€8.98/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.37 to €10.94/m² a month)
€6.04/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 Auriac

11pages on Auriac

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Auriac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

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Photo credits

Ruines du château: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-André: Photo: TeulièreEric · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Auriac

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

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Auriac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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LimouxQuillanPalajaLimouxQuillanPalajaAuriac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Auriac33—————
Limoux10,53216CB+C−C
Quillan2,97816BA−B−C
Palaja2,72217—C—B+

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

About Auriac

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Auriac is a commune of 33 people in the Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. 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
33 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
8.3 sq mi (21.5 km²)
INSEE code
11020

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.