Where it does best is schools: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. It also does well on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy is weaker than most (D): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 12.0% unemployment. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Montréal 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 Montréal 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Montréal costs less than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.19/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,560/m², lower than both Aude’s towns (€1,923/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Among the homes sold, 96% were houses. Sales in Montréal from July 2023 to June 2026: 81 houses and apartments.
€1,560/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montréal€1,560/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,572/m²
78
€9.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.42 to €11.40/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.05/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,690
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Piège Lauragais Malepère
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Montréal’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 71% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Montréal records 96 deaths per 100 expected, near Aude’s towns (98) and higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 347 residents of Montréal died, against 274 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% more. The nearest emergency department to Montréal is Polyclinique Montreal Carcassonne, 9.5 mi away. One GP practises here.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw127
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Montréal · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Montreal Carcassonne
12.9 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
Unemployment runs at 12.0%. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,380 a year.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
500
jobs based in Montréal, 0.6 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,380
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 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Montréal 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.
Among the classé monuments in Montréal is Église Saint-Vincent. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2008.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, higher than Aude’s towns (8.9%) and near compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 24% of residents.
45.2median age
MontréalAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Montréal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
All told, Montréal had 22 recorded offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 8.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Other physical violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud11
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
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
29.5%
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 · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 29.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montréal
Is Montréal safe?
Montréal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Montréal good?
They grade A−, better than 84% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montréal expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montréal grades A− for cost of living.
About Montréal
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Montréal is a commune of 2,136 people in the Communauté de communes Piège Lauragais Malepère. 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.
