Coursan grades D overall: better than 6% of compared French towns, and #17 of 22 in Aude. At the median price of €1,787/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Coursan 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
Safety
Coursan records more crime per resident than 80% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Coursan, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 155 offenses locally. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 8.8 violent offenses and 20.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
8.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage54
Burglary32
Family violence20
Theft from vehicles17
Other physical violence15
Vehicle theft9
Sexual violence8
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence38
Fraud36
Drug use12
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.
8.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
155
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.6%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Coursan are out of work than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.6%
The median disposable income is €23,010 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 2.4% of working residents in Coursan to work at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
1,250
jobs based in Coursan, 0.6 per working resident
17.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,010
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Coursan run higher than in 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 694 deaths in Coursan from 2016 to 2025; there were 724, 4% more. Its care home for older people (68 places) counts its residents as Coursan’s; allowing for it, deaths were 6% below expected. 5 GPs practise here. In Aude, women can expect to live 84.4 years and men 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Coursan · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Degrees are less common in Coursan than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 21% of adults
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of residents, higher than Aude’s towns (8.9%) and near compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older. The median resident of Coursan is 48.8 years old.
48.8median age
CoursanAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
History
Coursan keeps more of its old housing than Aude or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Coursan; none is classé, France’s top protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Coursan earns a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.41/m² a month, near Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,787/m², comes from 242 sales of houses and apartments in Coursan from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.66/m² a month.
€1,787/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Coursan€1,787/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,871/m²
213
€10.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.37 to €12.96/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne
Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918: Photo: Pitxiquin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de la Rominguère: Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Coursan
Is Coursan safe?
It grades C− for safety, #13 of 22 in Aude. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 54 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Coursan good?
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns and #12 of 15 in Aude. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Coursan expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,787/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Coursan grades B− for cost of living.
About Coursan
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Coursan is a commune of 5,737 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. 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.
