Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Aude, Occitanie, this town has 528 residents.
Montazels has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 18% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 37% of residents. Homes change hands at a median €1,739/m².
The 3 things Montazels does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Montazels, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1951.
Bérenger Saunière, born in 1852, is the one person born in Montazels before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montazels.
Children under 15 make up 13% of residents. 21% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Aude’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). Also worth knowing: over-65s are 37% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Montazels | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.7% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 18th century. 9.3% of its homes were built before 1919, between Aude’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 11.9%, between Aude’s towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 50 jobs are based in Montazels, for 200 working residents (0.3 per worker). 4.3% of Montazels’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.6 mi away. The closest collège is 0.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Baptiste BieulesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 78%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Montazels: 39 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.43/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,739/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Montazels. Best known first.
Montazels has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Fontaine monumentale: Photo: GilPe · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Montazels.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Montazels is a commune of 528 people in the Communauté de communes du Limouxin. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.