Fabrezan’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 13.1% unemployment. It lags on health as well (D) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 24% of homes here are second homes.
Fabrezan 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 Fabrezan 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 Fabrezan.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Fabrezan sees more deaths than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 107 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Fabrezan is Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne, 11 mi away. 159 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 149: 7% above. At birth, a girl in Aude can expect 84.4 years and a boy 78.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 5 GPs practise here.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Fabrezan · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
15.6 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
Fewer children live in Fabrezan than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. 28% of residents are 65 or over, near Aude’s towns (29%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Fabrezan are older than 50.
50median age
FabrezanAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
HousingCost of living B
A home in Fabrezan sells for €1,322/m², less than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.03/m² a month, lower than both Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Fabrezan recorded 78 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.75/m² a month.
€1,322/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fabrezan€1,322/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,337/m²
75
€10.03/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.12 to €12.39/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,350
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Incomes in Fabrezan are lower than in 90% of French communes of 1,000+
Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €22,760 a year per consumption unit, near Aude’s towns (€23,350) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 13.1%.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Fabrezan, 0.5 per working resident
13.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Fabrezan keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 27% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Fabrezan is Église Saint-Etienne de Villerouge-la-Crémade. On the Culture ministry’s list, Fabrezan counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918: Photo: Magical Testudo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Etienne de Villerouge-la-Crémade: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fabrezan
Is Fabrezan safe?
Fabrezan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Fabrezan expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fabrezan grades B for cost of living.
About Fabrezan
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Fabrezan is a commune of 1,306 people in the Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. 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
1,306 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
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.
