Getting around depends on the car (C−). It lags on cost of living as well (C) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 40% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Caux-et-Sauzens 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 Caux-et-Sauzens 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caux-et-Sauzens.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Fewer commuters in Caux-et-Sauzens walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6%
5%walk, cycle or take transit
11.0% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €23,950 a year per consumption unit, close to Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Caux-et-Sauzens, 0.2 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 21% of compared French towns
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
1 historic monument in Caux-et-Sauzens, none of them classé
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Caux-et-Sauzens, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Caux-et-Sauzens are under 15, more than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
43.2median age
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Aude’s towns (29%) but above compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%. Ages in Caux-et-Sauzens split evenly at 43.2: half are older, half younger.
Caux-et-SauzensAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Caux-et-Sauzens records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 98 in Aude’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 69 residents of Caux-et-Sauzens died, against 80 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Average lifespans in Aude: 84.4 years for women, 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The nearest emergency department to Caux-et-Sauzens is Polyclinique Montreal Carcassonne, 3.7 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Caux-et-Sauzens · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Montreal Carcassonne
7 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
Caux-et-Sauzens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Violence against people ran at 4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 5.3 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes in Caux-et-Sauzens, the most frequent was sexual violence (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence0
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
Drug use0
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.
4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Caux-et-Sauzens is a commune of 1,025 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
1,025 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.5 sq mi (9.2 km²)
INSEE code
11084
Caux-et-Sauzens’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.