Bram grades B− overall: better than 54% of compared French towns, and #6 of 22 in Aude. Its weakest subject is safety (C): an average of 10.4 recorded violent incidents and 17.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,593/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Piège Lauragais Malepère. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Bram 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
For crime per resident, Bram sits above 75% of compared French towns
In 2025, 100 offenses were recorded in Bram. The town has 1,500 jobs for 1,200 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
10.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage44
Family violence21
Burglary18
Other physical violence12
Sexual violence5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence18
Fraud18
Drug use15
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
10.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
100
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Who lives here
An older town: 30% of residents are 65 or over
People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, higher than Aude’s towns (8.9%) and near compared French towns (11%). Typical age in Bram: 49.5, the median.
49.5median age
BramAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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
HealthHealth C
Bram has a higher adjusted death rate than 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 545 residents of Bram died, against 480 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Bram records 96 deaths per 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Bram is Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite, 9.2 mi away. There are 4 general practitioners locally.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw114
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Bram · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite
14.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People in Bram have lower living standards than in 86% of French communes of 1,000+
Unemployment runs at 10.9%. The median disposable income was €23,310 a year per consumption unit, close to Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.2% of working residents in Bram didn’t travel to work at all.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot8%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,500
jobs based in Bram, 1.3 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,310
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 66% of compared French towns
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Bram keeps more of its old housing than Aude or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bram is glise Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Jean Cau: APB11, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louis Alibert: Jfblanc, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Henri Rancoule: APB11, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre Rolland: APB11, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Laurent Spanghero: Panini, Public domain · Georges Milhaud: APB11, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bram’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bram
Is Bram safe?
It grades C for safety, #12 of 22 in Aude. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bram good?
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns and #1 of 15 in Aude. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bram expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,593/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bram grades B+ for cost of living.
About Bram
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Bram is a commune of 3,233 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.
