Housing is within reach (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 14.1% unemployment. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Second homes make up 15% of its housing.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Caunes-Minervois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Caunes-Minervois 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.
Domaine de l'ancienne abbaye: Photo: Devisme.alain · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne église abbatiale: Photo: GilPe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Notre-Dame du Cros: Photo: GilPe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison Etienne Vidal: Photo: GilPe · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caunes-Minervois.
Who lives here
Children make up only 12% of Caunes-Minervois, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
56.3median age
6.8% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 35% of residents are 65 or older. At 56.3, the median resident of Caunes-Minervois sits in the middle of the age range.
Caunes-MinervoisAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education25%
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
HealthHealth C−
Caunes-Minervois has a higher adjusted death rate than 83% of compared French towns
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Caunes-Minervois. After the care-home adjustment, Caunes-Minervois’ deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, above both Aude’s towns (98) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 277 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 359, 30% more. The nearest emergency department to Caunes-Minervois is Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud, 9.9 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Caunes-Minervois · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud
9.9 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
Buying in Caunes-Minervois costs less than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,559/m²
€1,559/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.87/m² a month, below both Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 98% were houses. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.88/m² a month.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Caunes-Minervois€1,559/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,559/m²
81
€9.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.08 to €12.06/m² a month)
4.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,110
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Caunes-Minervois is rich in protected monuments: 64 per 10,000 residents, more than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
10historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Caunes-Minervois counts 10 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 7 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Domaine de l'ancienne abbaye. 37% of its homes were built before 1919, above Aude’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Incomes in Caunes-Minervois run lower than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €22,160 a year per consumption unit
9%walk, cycle or take transit
9.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 14.1% are unemployed.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Caunes-Minervois, 0.7 per working resident
14.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,160
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 51% of compared French towns
Caunes-Minervois is a commune of 1,554 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
Population
1,554 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
11.1 sq mi (28.9 km²)
INSEE code
11081
Caunes-Minervois’ 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 Caunes-Minervois
Is Caunes-Minervois safe?
Caunes-Minervois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Caunes-Minervois expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Caunes-Minervois grades B for cost of living.
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.
