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With 1,266 residents, it is a town in Aude, Occitanie.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.6% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and C+ for walkability. The median home sells for €1,200/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pexiora 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 Pexiora does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pexiora 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.
Pexiora has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pexiora as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Christophe, in Lasbordes, 1.8 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pexiora.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.86/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 39 homes in Pexiora.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,200/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, higher than both Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 20% of the population here. Also worth knowing: 26% of adults hold a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pexiora | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Aude live to 84.4 on average and men to 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 102 deaths in Pexiora from 2016 to 2025; there were 93, 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pexiora is Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite, 4.9 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
The median disposable income was €23,290 a year per consumption unit, about level with Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 11.6%. 5.2% of Pexiora’s 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
Nothing in Pexiora is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pexiora as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pexiora | 1,266 | — | — | A | — | C+ |
| Bram | 3,233 | 4.3 | B− | B+ | C | C |
| Castelnaudary | 12,151 | 5.3 | C+ | A− | D | B− |
| Sorèze Tarn | 2,965 | 13 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Revel Haute-Garonne | 9,762 | 13 | A− | B+ | C+ | A |
| Pennautier | 2,895 | 14 | B | B− | A+ | D |
| Mirepoix Ariège | 3,172 | 15 | B− | B− | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pexiora has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pexiora grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Pexiora is a commune of 1,266 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
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.