Azille has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 16.4% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Azille 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 Azille.
HousingCost of living A
Buying in Azille costs less than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €1,167/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €8.85/m² a month, below Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses were 83% of what sold. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €8.03/m² a month.
€1,167/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Azille€1,167/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,015/m²
74
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.08 to €11.06/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,110
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Unemployment in Azille, 16.4%, runs above Aude’s towns and compared French towns
At the census, 5.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €22,090 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Bicycle2%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Azille, 0.6 per working resident
16.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Azille keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 36% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3 of the 5 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Azille is glise Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse. Relative to its size, Azille keeps 45 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. This Aude town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, Azille sees 89 deaths per 100 expected, against 98 in Aude’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Aude: 84.4 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 165 deaths in Azille from 2016 to 2025; there were 146, 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Azille is Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne, 13.8 mi away.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Azille · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
13.9 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Azille
Is Azille safe?
Azille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Azille expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Azille grades A for cost of living.
About Azille
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Azille is a commune of 1,115 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.
