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BerriacAude

Some 979 people live in this town, in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Berriac a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Berriac has none.

Berriac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Berriac’s story

No historic monuments in Berriac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Berriac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Maison dite de Montmorency, in Carcassonne, 1.8 mi away.

2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Cité de Carcassonne and 38 more in and around Berriac

Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Berriac. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Berriac.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Berriac than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 16% of adults

19% of residents have reached 65. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, above both Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). At 42.2, the median resident of Berriac sits in the middle of the age range.

42.2median age
BerriacAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma43%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education16%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Berriac
BerriacAude medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–2411%8.9%11%
25–4426%19%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+19%29%22%
No diploma43%21%19%
CAP or BEP22%27%26%
Baccalauréat15%20%18%
Higher education16%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Berriac, 17.8%, runs above Aude’s towns and compared French towns

The median disposable income is €20,400 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Berriac number 100, against 300 residents in work (0.3 per worker). At the census, 6.3% of commuters got to work without a car.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
100
jobs based in Berriac, 0.3 per working resident
17.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 3.2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Collège pupils travel 2.6 mi to the nearest one. The bac pass rate near Berriac is 92.4%, in line with Aude’s towns (91.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

95%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Berriac83.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Berriac92.4%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Gaston BonheurNearest collègeCollègeCollège8976%−9 pts
Lycée polyvalent Jules FilNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée27691%−3 pts
Collège privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège13599%+3 pts

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95%
passed the general and technological bac, −0.9 pts against the expected rate
83%
passed the vocational bac, −2.6 pts against the expected rate
83.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3.2 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Berriac is €11.43/m² a month

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

Among the homes sold, 54% were houses. Sales in Berriac from July 2023 to June 2026: 26 houses and apartments.

€11.43/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Berriac€11.43/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€11.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.29 to €14.05/m² a month)
€8.62/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 Berriac

13pages on Berriac

Landmarks

Nothing in Berriac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Berriac

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

How we find them →

Berriac’s neighbors

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

All towns in Aude →
TrèbesCarcassonnePalajaVillemoustaussouConques-sur-OrbielPennautierTrèbesCarcassonnePalajaVillemoustaussouConques-sur-OrbielPennautierBerriac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Berriac979—————
Trèbes5,3612.3CB−BB
Carcassonne46,0802.5C−BD−C+
Palaja2,7222.8—C—B+
Villemoustaussou4,4013.4BC+A+B+
Conques-sur-Orbiel2,5234A+A−AA+
Pennautier2,8954.7BB−A+D

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

About Berriac

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Berriac is a commune of 979 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

Population
979 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1 sq mi (2.7 km²)
INSEE code
11037

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.