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A town of 1,873 in Aude, Occitanie.
Canet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.8% unemployment. At the median price of €1,832/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Canet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Canet 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.
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Canet has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Canet.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
82 sales of houses and apartments in Canet, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,832/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.13/m² a month, close to Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €9.32/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,832/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century. Canet has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Canet. At birth, a girl in Aude can expect 84.4 years and a boy 78.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 144 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 167: 14% below.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Unemployment runs at 10.8%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,260 a year per consumption unit, close to Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: at the census, 2.3% of working residents in Canet went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, close to Aude’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Canet in two is 43.5.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Canet | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.7. In all, 25 offenses reached the police record in Canet in 2025. Burglary topped the graded crimes in Canet (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 29.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Canet. Best known first.
Canet has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin fortifié: Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Canet yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canet | 1,873 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Lézignan-Corbières | 10,343 | 4.8 | D | B− | D | C− |
| Sallèles-d'Aude | 3,179 | 5.6 | D | C | A | C− |
| Ouveillan | 2,713 | 7.6 | B | B | A | C− |
| Cuxac-d'Aude | 4,079 | 7.9 | D | B− | C | C− |
| Narbonne | 57,587 | 8.5 | D− | C− | D− | C |
| Coursan | 5,737 | 11 | D | B− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Canet has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,832/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Canet grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Canet is a commune of 1,873 people in the Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.