FR Cette page existe en français : Bages en français → Votre navigateur est réglé en français. Votre choix est retenu pour les prochaines pages. Portel-des-Corbières Peyriac-de-Mer BagesAude A town of 720 in Aude, Occitanie.
Is Bages a good place to live? Bages is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
Bages’ grade
Overall Not graded
Why Too small to grade
What makes Bages stand out The 2 things Bages does most differently from other towns.
Bages’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Bages’ story
No historic monuments in Bages
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bages as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vivier antique du lac des Capelles, in Narbonne, 1.7 mi away.
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
2002 The protected historic area is created Explore the history →
The data Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bages.
Who lives here
Bages skews older, with 31% of residents 65 or over, more than Aude’s towns or compared French towns On this, Bages is above both Aude’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% of the town.
53.2 median age
Ages · share of residents Under 15 15–24 25–44 45–64 65+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education No diploma 12%
CAP or BEP 21%
Baccalauréat 26%
Higher education 35%
Women and men · all residents 51% women, 49% men
Men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Bages Bages Aude median France median Under 15 14% 15% 17% 15–24 8.2% 8.9% 11% 25–44 17% 19% 23% 45–64 29% 27% 26% 65+ 31% 29% 22% No diploma 12% 21% 19% CAP or BEP 21% 27% 26% Baccalauréat 26% 20% 18% Higher education 35% 25% 30%
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Bages has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.4 for each 8.9% of Bages’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 83% drove.
9% walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023 Driving 83%
Public transport 5%
On foot 3%
Motorbike or scooter 2%
Bicycle 0%
150
jobs based in Bages, 0.4 per working resident
10.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Homes in Bages sell for €2,716/m² at the median, against €1,923/m² in Aude’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,716/m², comes from 30 sales of houses and apartments in Bages from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,716/m² median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026 Bages €2,716/m²
Median of towns €2,430/m²
Aude median €1,923/m²
€11.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.52 to €14.09/m² a month)
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearby attractions Église Saint-Paul de Peyriac-de-Mer and 3 more in and around Bages Museums and other places to visit in and near Bages. Best known first.
All attractions → Keep exploring
Everything we know about Bages 13 pages on Bages
Landmarks Nothing in Bages is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Its history page → Famous people from Bages Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bages as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
How we find them →
How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Bages Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Bages is a commune of 720 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
Population 720 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne
Département Aude (11)
Région Occitanie
Area 8.6 sq mi (22.2 km²)
INSEE code 11024 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.