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PauligneAude

With 357 residents, it is a town in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Pauligne a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Pauligne has none. Over-65s are 29% of the population.

What makes Pauligne stand out

The one thing Pauligne does most differently from other towns.

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Pauligne’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Pauligne’s story

No historic monuments in Pauligne

The Culture ministry lists no building in Pauligne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in La Digne-d'Aval, 2 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Pauligne has fewer young adults than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 12%, below Aude’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 29% of residents. Ages in Pauligne split evenly at 54.6: half are older, half younger.

54.6median age
PauligneAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pauligne
PauligneAude medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–246.7%8.9%11%
25–4418%19%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+29%29%22%
No diploma19%21%19%
CAP or BEP25%27%26%
Baccalauréat18%20%18%
Higher education31%25%30%

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

Work & commute

Pauligne has lower unemployment than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 4.3%

Jobs located in Pauligne: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.3 each). 2.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Also worth knowing: the typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,740 a year per consumption unit.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Public transport2%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Pauligne, 0.3 per working resident
4.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

General-bac pupils go 3.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away.

87.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Pauligne87.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Joseph DelteilNearest collègeCollègeCollège20287%−1 pt
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1 pt against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Pauligne than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.32/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 12 homes were sold in Pauligne.

€9.32/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pauligne€9.32/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€9.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.57 to €11.49/m² a month)
€8.62/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Pauligne

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Landmarks

Nothing in Pauligne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Pauligne

One notable person was born in Pauligne.

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Pauligne’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 →
LimouxBramQuillanPalajaCarcassonneMirepoixLimouxBramQuillanPalajaCarcassonneMirepoixPauligne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pauligne357—————
Limoux10,5323.1CB+C−C
Bram3,23312B−B+CC
Quillan2,97813BA−B−C
Palaja2,72214—C—B+
Carcassonne46,08014C−BD−C+
Mirepoix Ariège3,17214B−B−BC

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

About Pauligne

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Pauligne is a commune of 357 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

Population
357 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Limouxin
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.3 km²)
INSEE code
11274

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.