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BugarachAude

A town of 250 in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Bugarach a good place to live?

Bugarach is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Bugarach stand out

The 2 things Bugarach does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Ruines du château
Ruines du château · Inscrit · Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bugarach’s story

Bugarach in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bugarach, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1948First protected: Ruines du château
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bugarach.

Who lives here

Bugarach has fewer young adults than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 2.6% are 15 to 24

For Bugarach, that is below both Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 28% of the town.

53.3median age
BugarachAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education41%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 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.

Ages and diplomas in Bugarach
BugarachAude medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–242.6%8.9%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+28%29%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP18%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%20%18%
Higher education41%25%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Bugarach: 29% were built before 1919, more than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Bugarach sits above both Aude’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bugarach, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
16th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Incomes in Bugarach run lower than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: a median €15,820 a year per consumption unit

That puts Bugarach below both Aude’s towns (€23,350) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bugarach has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 14.2% of the labour force are out of work.

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving73%
On foot7%
Public transport6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Bugarach, 0.3 per working resident
14.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€15,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bugarach than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.49/m² a month

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

On this, Bugarach is below both Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bugarach€8.49/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€8.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.90 to €10.45/m² a month)
€6.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Bugarach and 4 more in and around Bugarach

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Bugarach. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Bugarach

12pages on Bugarach

Landmarks

Bugarach has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Ruines du château: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Bugarach

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

How we find them →

Bugarach’s neighbors

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

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QuillanLimouxQuillanLimouxBugarach
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bugarach250—————
Quillan2,9788.6BA−B−C
Limoux10,53214CB+C−C

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

About Bugarach

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Bugarach is a commune of 250 people in the Communauté de communes du Limouxin. 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
250 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Limouxin
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
10.6 sq mi (27.5 km²)
INSEE code
11055

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.