Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Its strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With an A+ overall, Conques-sur-Orbiel is better than 95% of compared French towns and ranks #1 of 22 in Aude. It also does well on safety (A): an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,405/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Conques-sur-Orbiel 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.
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Église Saint-Michel · Classé · Photo: Meria z Geoian · CC BY-SA 3.0
Conques-sur-Orbiel’s story
Conques-sur-Orbiel in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Conques-sur-Orbiel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Henry d'Estienne, born in 1872, is the one person born in Conques-sur-Orbiel before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Conques-sur-Orbiel.
HealthHealth A+
Fewer deaths than Conques-sur-Orbiel’s ages would predict, 64 per 100 expected, under Aude’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 284 deaths in Conques-sur-Orbiel from 2016 to 2025; there were 183, 36% fewer. Women in Aude live to 84.4 on average and men to 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 4 family doctors.
−36%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw64
Adjusted64
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Conques-sur-Orbiel · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud
3.6 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
For crime per resident, Conques-sur-Orbiel sits below 90% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Conques-sur-Orbiel were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 21 recorded offenses.
5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage14
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud9
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.
5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
19.9%
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 19.9% 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.
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Conques-sur-Orbiel than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.32/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Conques-sur-Orbiel is the second cheapest of the 23 towns in Aude, at €1,405/m². The median price, €1,405/m², comes from 89 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,405/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Conques-sur-Orbiel€1,405/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,405/m²
89
€9.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.57 to €11.49/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.99/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,110
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Conques-sur-Orbiel keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Conques-sur-Orbiel is Église Saint-Michel. 2 of the 3 are houses and mansions. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Fewer people in Conques-sur-Orbiel are out of work than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 9.3%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.4% of commuters travelled at the census. The median disposable income was €24,110 a year per consumption unit, about level with Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
500
jobs based in Conques-sur-Orbiel, 0.5 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,110
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 46% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Conques-sur-Orbiel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Conques-sur-Orbiel
Is Conques-sur-Orbiel safe?
It grades A for safety, #4 of 22 in Aude.
Is Conques-sur-Orbiel expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,405/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Conques-sur-Orbiel grades A− for cost of living.
About Conques-sur-Orbiel
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Conques-sur-Orbiel is a commune of 2,523 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.
