Belpech has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B): 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 Belpech 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 Belpech.
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Belpech’s ages would predict, 119 per 100 expected, above Aude’s towns and compared French towns
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, 374 residents of Belpech died, against 224 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 67% more. The nearest emergency department to Belpech is Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite, 13.3 mi away. The town has 2 family doctors.
+19%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw167
Adjusted119
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Belpech · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite
13.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chiva site Saint Jean de Verges
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up only 13% of Belpech, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of residents, close to Aude’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 31% of the town. Graduates make up nearly a fifth of adults.
50.9median age
BelpechAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Belpech is rich in protected monuments: 52 per 10,000 residents, more than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4 of the 7 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Among the classé monuments in Belpech is Église Saint-Saturnin. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments here: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). The protected list starts in the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
A home in Belpech sells for €1,200/m², less than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.85/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 49 homes in Belpech. The estimated advertised rent is €11.84/m² a month, higher than Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,200/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Belpech€1,200/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,200/m²
49
€11.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.49 to €14.78/m² a month)
3.5
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
€23,690
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Piège Lauragais Malepère
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Belpech than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 6.2%
Unemployment stood at 10.0%, below Aude’s towns (14.6%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Belpech: 350, for 550 residents in work (0.6 each). Households’ median disposable income: €23,630 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
350
jobs based in Belpech, 0.6 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Belpech
Is Belpech safe?
Belpech has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Belpech expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Belpech grades B for cost of living.
About Belpech
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Belpech is a commune of 1,343 people in the Communauté de communes Piège Lauragais Malepère. 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.
