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Home to 476 people, this town lies in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Fontiers-Cabardès a good place to live?

There are no grades for Fontiers-Cabardès: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 18% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Fontiers-Cabardès stand out

The one thing Fontiers-Cabardès does most differently from other towns.

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Église Saint-Clément
Église Saint-Clément · Inscrit · Photo: APB11 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fontiers-Cabardès’ story

Fontiers-Cabardès in pictures

Fontiers-Cabardès has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1948First protected: Église Saint-Clément
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The data

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History

Fontiers-Cabardès keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Fontiers-Cabardès has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
16th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Fontiers-Cabardès has fewer young adults than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by a third of adults, above both Aude’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up a quarter of residents. Line up the people of Fontiers-Cabardès by age and the one in the middle is 52.5.

52.5median age
Fontiers-CabardèsAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fontiers-Cabardès
Fontiers-CabardèsAude medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–248.4%8.9%11%
25–4419%19%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+25%29%22%
No diploma15%21%19%
CAP or BEP26%27%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education33%25%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Fontiers-Cabardès run lower than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns: a median €21,760 a year per consumption unit

6.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Fontiers-Cabardès: 50, for 200 residents in work (0.4 each). Of those in the labour force, 10.0% are unemployed.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Fontiers-Cabardès, 0.4 per working resident
10.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11.2 mi away.

95.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Fontiers-Cabardès95.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Antoine CourrièreNearest collègeCollègeCollège8895%+4 pts
95.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
1.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Fontiers-Cabardès than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.25/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €7.58/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 17 homes were sold in Fontiers-Cabardès.

€9.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fontiers-Cabardès€9.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.08 to €12.10/m² a month)
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Fontiers-Cabardès

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Landmarks

Fontiers-Cabardès has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Clément: Photo: APB11 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Fontiers-Cabardès

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fontiers-Cabardès yet.

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Fontiers-Cabardès’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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PennautierVillemoustaussouAiguefondeConques-sur-OrbielMazametAussillonPennautierVillemoustaussouAiguefondeConques-sur-OrbielMazametAussillonFontiers-Cabardès
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fontiers-Cabardès476—————
Pennautier2,8959.4BB−A+D
Villemoustaussou4,40110BC+A+B+
Aiguefonde Tarn2,50510—A−—A
Conques-sur-Orbiel2,52310A+A−AA+
Mazamet Tarn10,08511C+ADB
Aussillon Tarn5,52711BB+BB+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Fontiers-Cabardès

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Fontiers-Cabardès is a commune of 476 people in the Communauté de communes de la Montagne Noire. 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
476 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Montagne Noire
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.4 sq mi (8.8 km²)
INSEE code
11150

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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.