Health is its strong suit (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,258/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo. 15% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Laure-Minervois 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 Laure-Minervois 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 Laure-Minervois.
HealthHealth A
Laure-Minervois loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 71 per 100 expected, below Aude’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Laure-Minervois can choose among 2 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Laure-Minervois is Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud, 7.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 87 residents of Laure-Minervois died, against 123 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. In Aude, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.4 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−29%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw71
Adjusted71
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Laure-Minervois · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud
7.2 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
Fewer children live in Laure-Minervois than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 14% are under 15
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9% of residents, close to Aude’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 31% of the population. Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults.
52.3median age
Laure-MinervoisAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% 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
History
Laure-Minervois is rich in protected monuments: 47 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
30% of homes were built before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Laure-Minervois is Monument mégalithique, dit Allée couverte de Saint-Eugène, sur le domaine de Russol. Most of the list is castles and fortifications: 3 of 5. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
Laure-Minervois’s grade for cost of living: a B
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
59 sales of houses and apartments in Laure-Minervois, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,258/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €7.76/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.43/m² a month, close to Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€1,258/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Laure-Minervois€1,258/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,258/m²
59
€11.43/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.29 to €14.05/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.76/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,110
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Laure-Minervois are out of work than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.4%
Median disposable income comes to €22,230 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 6.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Laure-Minervois, 0.4 per working resident
15.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 47% of compared French towns
Monument mégalithique, dit Allée couverte de Saint-Eugène, sur le domaine de Russol: Photo: Moulins · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour de Mézolieux: Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain · Ensemble de la tour du Bas: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour du Portail-Neuf: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Laure-Minervois
Is Laure-Minervois safe?
Laure-Minervois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Laure-Minervois expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,258/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Laure-Minervois grades B for cost of living.
About Laure-Minervois
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Laure-Minervois is a commune of 1,061 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.
