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CassaignesAude

This town in Aude, Occitanie has a population of 61.

Is Cassaignes a good place to live?

Cassaignes isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Nearly a quarter of homes here are second homes. 29% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Cassaignes stand out

The 2 things Cassaignes does most differently from other towns.

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Cassaignes’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cassaignes’ story

No historic monuments in Cassaignes

The Culture ministry lists no building in Cassaignes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Espéraza, 4.1 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cassaignes.

Who lives here

A town of families: 19% of people in Cassaignes are under 15, more than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns

Just over a third of adults hold a degree, above Aude’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town. Typical age in Cassaignes: 49, the median.

49median age
CassaignesAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat29%
Higher education35%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 88 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 Cassaignes
CassaignesAude medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–240%8.9%11%
25–4424%19%23%
45–6427%27%26%
65+29%29%22%
No diploma12%21%19%
CAP or BEP24%27%26%
Baccalauréat29%20%18%
Higher education35%25%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Cassaignes are out of work than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 34.6%

At the census, 5.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
On foot5%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Cassaignes, 0.6 per working resident
34.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
16%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

78.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 8 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.4 mi away.

78.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Cassaignes78.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean Baptiste BieulesNearest collègeCollègeCollège6578%−8 pts
78.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −8 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Cassaignes costs less than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.84/m² a month

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

Cassaignes recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cassaignes€8.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€8.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.20 to €10.85/m² a month)
€6.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Rennes-le-Château and 7 more in and around Cassaignes

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Cassaignes. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Cassaignes

13pages on Cassaignes

Landmarks

Nothing in Cassaignes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Cassaignes

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

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Cassaignes’ 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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QuillanLimouxPalajaQuillanLimouxPalajaCassaignes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cassaignes61—————
Quillan2,9787.7BA−B−C
Limoux10,5328.8CB+C−C
Palaja2,72216—C—B+

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

About Cassaignes

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Cassaignes is a commune of 61 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
61 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Limouxin
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1.5 sq mi (3.9 km²)
INSEE code
11073

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.