Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B for walkability. Second homes make up 21% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bize-Minervois 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 Bize-Minervois 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 Bize-Minervois.
Who lives here
Few people in Bize-Minervois are 15 to 24: 7.9%, fewer than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns
Nearly a third of adults hold a degree, above both Aude’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 30% of the town. The middle age in Bize-Minervois is 48.8.
48.8median age
Bize-MinervoisAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education32%
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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Only 6.3% of commuters in Bize-Minervois go to work without a car, fewer than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns
A tenth of people in the labour force have no job. The median disposable income was €23,270 a year per consumption unit, close to Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 7.1% of working residents in Bize-Minervois at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
300
jobs based in Bize-Minervois, 0.6 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 57% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Bize-Minervois sees 86 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.
2 GPs practise in Bize-Minervois. The nearest emergency department to Bize-Minervois is Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne, 9.1 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 140 residents of Bize-Minervois died, against 163 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. At birth, a girl in Aude can expect 84.4 years and a boy 78.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Bize-Minervois · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
11.6 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bize-Minervois
Is Bize-Minervois safe?
Bize-Minervois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bize-Minervois expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,842/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bize-Minervois grades B for cost of living.
About Bize-Minervois
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Bize-Minervois is a commune of 1,355 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.
