Capendu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,329/m², a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo. Its strongest is walkability (A): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Capendu 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
HealthHealth D
More deaths than Capendu’s ages would predict, 113 per 100 expected, above Aude’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Capendu is Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud, 8.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 224 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 326, 46% more. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Aude can expect 84.4 years and a boy 78.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 2 family doctors.
+13%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw146
Adjusted113
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Capendu · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud
8.3 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
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Capendu than in 88% of compared French towns
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.4 violent offenses and 25.9 graded property crimes a year. For 2025, the figures show 24 offenses in Capendu. This Aude town has 600 jobs for 500 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
7.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage9
Other physical violence8
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Theft without violence11
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.
7.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.2%
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 · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 13.2% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Money is tighter in Capendu than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €20,300 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 18.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 17.3%.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot9%
Public transport8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
600
jobs based in Capendu, 1.3 per working resident
17.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Capendu: 31% are 65 or over, above Aude’s towns and compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. 14% are under 15, close to Aude’s towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Capendu has a median age of 52.6 years.
52.6median age
CapenduAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Capendu than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.03/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
59 sales of houses and apartments in Capendu, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,329/m². Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €8.36/m² a month.
€1,329/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Capendu€1,329/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,329/m²
57
€10.03/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.12 to €12.39/m² a month)
4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.36/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,110
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Capendu
Are schools in Capendu good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Capendu expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,329/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Capendu grades B+ for cost of living.
About Capendu
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Capendu is a commune of 1,453 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo. 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.
