Pépieux is easy to get around without a car: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. School results trail most towns: brevet results 14 points below the expected rate. Incomes are on the low side: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment. At the median price of €1,601/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Pépieux 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 Pépieux 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
People in Pépieux have lower living standards than in 93% of French communes of 1,000+
Nearly one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €22,350 a year per consumption unit, near Aude’s towns (€23,350) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 10.5%.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Pépieux, 0.6 per working resident
10.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Pépieux are 15 to 24: 7.6%, fewer than in Aude’s towns and compared French towns
28% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Aude’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Pépieux in two is 48.9.
48.9median age
PépieuxAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Pépieux: 23% were built before 1919, more than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Pépieux is Dolmen des Fades ou Palet de Roland. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments here: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Pépieux records 86 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 98 in Aude’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pépieux is Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne, 13.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 113 residents of Pépieux died, against 131 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. In Aude, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.4 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Pépieux · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
15.2 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pépieux
Is Pépieux safe?
Pépieux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Pépieux good?
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pépieux expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,601/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pépieux grades B for cost of living.
About Pépieux
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Pépieux is a commune of 1,118 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo. 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.
