Bizanet’s best grade is for walkability (B) — just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is its weak spot: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 10.7% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €1,830/m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bizanet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bizanet 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 Bizanet.
HealthHealth C
Bizanet has a higher adjusted death rate than 74% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Bizanet have one GP on hand. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, about level with Aude’s towns (98) and above compared French towns (88). 321 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 224: 43% above. Average lifespans in Aude: 84.4 years for women, 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw143
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Bizanet · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
6.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bizanet keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Bizanet; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Bizanet earns a C+ for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
77 sales of houses and apartments in Bizanet, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,830/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.99/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 96% were houses.
€1,830/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bizanet€1,830/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,860/m²
74
€11.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.08 to €14.07/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.99/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Fewer commuters in Bizanet walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3%
Unemployment runs at 10.7%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,460 a year per consumption unit, above Aude’s towns (€23,350) but below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 4.7% of working residents in Bizanet at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
300
jobs based in Bizanet, 0.4 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Bizanet are 15 to 24: 6.9%, fewer than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Aude’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Bizanet is 45.8 years old.
45.8median age
BizanetAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bizanet
Is Bizanet safe?
Bizanet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bizanet expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,830/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.30/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bizanet grades C+ for cost of living.
About Bizanet
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Bizanet is a commune of 1,730 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
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.
