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MarsaAude

A town of 24 in Aude, Occitanie.

Population
24
INSEE, census 2023 · commune
Rent
€8.58
per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²
Walk, cycle, transit
0%
of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Marsa a good place to live?

Marsa has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 84% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Marsa stand out

The one thing Marsa does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
84%2%MarsaMedianSecond homes, share of all homes
Homes
of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Église Saint-Loup
Église Saint-Loup · Inscrit · Photo: Herodotptlomeu · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsa’s story

Marsa in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Marsa; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1948.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Pierre Dominique Cauneille, born in 1747, is the one person born in Marsa before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1948First protected: Église Saint-Loup
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marsa.

History

Old homes shape Marsa: 29% 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.

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Marsa; none is classé, France’s top protection. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 17th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
17th c.
oldest protected part
1948
first monument protected
Full pageMarsa’s history pageOpen the page
Age of homes29% built before 1919 · Older homesMap1 historic monumentQuestions“How many historic monuments are there in Marsa?”

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

Who lives here

Few people in Marsa are 15 to 24: 4.2%, fewer than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns

Graduates make up 45% of adults. 13% are under 15, below Aude’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town.

50median age
MarsaAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat10%
Higher education45%

Women and men · all residents

42% women, 58% men

About 71 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Marsa
MarsaAude medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–244.2%8.9%11%
25–4417%19%23%
45–6446%27%26%
65+21%29%22%
No diploma10%21%19%
CAP or BEP30%27%26%
Baccalauréat10%20%18%
Higher education45%25%30%
Full pageMarsa’s Who lives here pageOpen the page
Ages50 median age · 21% are 65 or overHouseholds10 households · 1.7 people per householdBorn abroad21% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birthQuestions“What is the population of Marsa?”

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

Work & commute

Marsa has 0.3 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

15.4% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Aude’s towns (14.6%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, nearly a tenth of working residents in Marsa didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Marsa, 0.3 per working resident
15.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Full pageMarsa’s work & commute pageOpen the page
Getting to work0% walk, cycle or take transitJobs based here0.3 per working resident

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

Housing

Renting in Marsa costs less than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.58/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 5 homes in Marsa.

€8.58/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Marsa€8.58/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€8.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.88 to €10.70/m² a month)
€9.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Full pageMarsa’s cost of living pageOpen the page
Renting€8.58/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Marsa

11pages on Marsa
The big questions
Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 4.9 mi awayWork & commute0 jobs based hereHousing5 sales on record, the last three yearsFlood & hazards
Out and about
Outdoors100% of the commune is protected natureClimateWeather
The story
Who lives hereMedian age 50History1 historic monumentTown HallFamous peopleOne notable person born here

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Église Saint-LoupChurch · 17th c.
Classé
Église de l'Invention-Saint-EtienneChurch · 18th & 19th c. · in Escouloubre, 5.6 mi
Classé
Ruines du châteauChâteau · 13th & 14th c. · in Puivert, 8.1 mi
Classé
Ruines du châteauChâteau · Middle Ages · in Puilaurens, 8.3 mi
Photo credits

Église Saint-Loup: Photo: Herodotptlomeu · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Marsa

One notable person was born in Marsa.

Their page →
P
Pierre Dominique CauneilleFrench politician · 1747–1834

Marsa’s neighbors

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

All towns in Aude →
QuillanLavelanetLimouxQuillanLavelanetLimouxMarsa
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Marsa24—————
Quillan2,9784.6BA−B−C
Lavelanet Ariège5,98716C+A−DC+
Limoux10,53217CB+C−C

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

About Marsa

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Marsa is a commune of 24 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises. 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
24 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
7.7 sq mi (19.9 km²)
INSEE code
11219

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 October 30, 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.