Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. Crime runs high: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 24.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,389/m² takes 7.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Fitou 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 Fitou 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 Fitou.
Safety
Fitou sees more crime per resident than 79% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Fitou was theft from vehicles (2025). The 2025 count: 13 offenses locally.
4.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles7
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence6
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.
4.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
24.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
23.2%
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Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 23.2% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Few people in Fitou are 15 to 24: 6.6%, fewer than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns
31% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 14%, below Aude’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up nearly a third of adults.
52.6median age
FitouAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
Fitou has a higher adjusted death rate than 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Fitou records 98 deaths per 100 expected, about level with Aude’s towns (98) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 118 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 116, 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Fitou is Centre hospitalier Saint Jean Perpignan, 12.7 mi away. In Aude, women can expect to live 84.4 years and men 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Fitou · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Jean Perpignan
12.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Saint Jean Perpignan
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Fitou costs less than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.84/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Fitou sell for €2,549/m² and apartments for €2,360/m². The median price, €2,389/m², comes from 137 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 65% were houses.
€2,389/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fitou€2,389/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,549/m²
89
Apartments
€2,360/m²
48
€9.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.46 to €12.98/m² a month)
7.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,720
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Fitou: 15% were built before 1919, more than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Fitou is Vestiges de l'ancienne chapelle Saint-Aubin. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Fitou than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8%
Unemployment stood at 12.9%, below Aude’s towns (14.6%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €22,630 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 11.4% of working residents in Fitou at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Fitou, 0.5 per working resident
12.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fitou
Is Fitou expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,389/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Fitou grades C+ for cost of living.
About Fitou
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Fitou is a commune of 1,158 people in the Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. 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
1,158 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée
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.
