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Population 2,093: a town in Aude, Occitanie.
Buying 70 m² at the median €2,332/m² takes 7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. Its weakest subject is schools: brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 11.3% unemployment. Health is weaker too (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% 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). Moussan 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.
The one thing Moussan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Moussan 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.
Moussan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Moussan has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Louis Lepatey, born in 1898, is the one person born in Moussan before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moussan.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcelin AlbertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 75%−10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 11.3%, between Aude’s towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €25,780 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 4.1% of working residents in Moussan at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Moussan’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, near Aude’s towns (98) and higher than compared French towns (88). 164 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 168: 3% below. Life expectancy at birth in Aude is 84.4 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
One measure of family life: nearly a fifth of residents are under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.3%, above Aude’s towns (8.9%) but below compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 32% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Moussan | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Moussan, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
68 sales of houses and apartments in Moussan, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,332/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €10.17/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 94% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,298/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people ran at 2.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10 (2023–2025 average). 16 offenses were reported in Moussan during 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, burglary came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (28.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Moussan. Best known first.
MuseumAmphoralis4.8 km north, in Sallèles-d'AudeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sallèles2.7 km north, in Sallèles-d'AudePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Moussan has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Restes de la chapelle Saint-Laurent: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Moussan.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moussan | 2,093 | — | — | C+ | — | C |
| Sallèles-d'Aude | 3,179 | 2.1 | D | C | A | C− |
| Cuxac-d'Aude | 4,079 | 2.9 | D | B− | C | C− |
| Ouveillan | 2,713 | 4.1 | B | B | A | C− |
| Narbonne | 57,587 | 4.5 | D− | C− | D− | C |
| Coursan | 5,737 | 5.6 | D | B− | C− | C |
| Vinassan | 2,662 | 6.7 | D | C− | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Moussan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,332/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Moussan grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Moussan is a commune of 2,093 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. 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.