Housing is within reach (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is its weak spot (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. Health is weaker too (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Second homes make up 24% of its housing.
Figures: 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). Portel-des-Corbières 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 Portel-des-Corbières 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.
Ruines de l'ancienne église Notre-Dame-des-Oubiels · Classé · Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0
Portel-des-Corbières’ story
Portel-des-Corbières in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Portel-des-Corbières: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1973.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Edmond Bartissol, born in 1841, is the one person born in Portel-des-Corbières before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1973First protected: Ruines de l'ancienne église Notre-Dame-des-Oubiels
Ruines de l'ancienne église Notre-Dame-des-Oubiels: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Portel-des-Corbières.
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Portel-des-Corbières, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops Aude’s towns and compared French towns: 109 per 100 expected
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
138 deaths in Portel-des-Corbières between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 127: 9% above. The nearest emergency department to Portel-des-Corbières is Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne, 9.1 mi away. Women in Aude live to 84.4 on average and men to 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Portel-des-Corbières · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
9.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Portel-des-Corbières costs less than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.84/m² a month
€1,688/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,688/m²: 48 houses and apartments sold in Portel-des-Corbières between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Portel-des-Corbières€1,688/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,667/m²
45
€8.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €11.86/m² a month)
5.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Portel-des-Corbières keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Portel-des-Corbières is Ruines de l'ancienne église Notre-Dame-des-Oubiels. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Portel-des-Corbières than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Unemployment runs at 11.0%. The median disposable income was €23,740 a year per consumption unit, near Aude’s towns (€23,350) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.6% of working residents in Portel-des-Corbières didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Portel-des-Corbières, 0.4 per working resident
11.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 18% of Portel-des-Corbières, above Aude’s towns and compared French towns
44.4median age
Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.9% of residents, close to Aude’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). 27% of adults hold a degree.
Portel-des-CorbièresAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education27%
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%.
Portel-des-Corbières is a commune of 1,279 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
Population
1,279 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
13.5 sq mi (35 km²)
INSEE code
11295
Portel-des-Corbières’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Portel-des-Corbières
Is Portel-des-Corbières safe?
Portel-des-Corbières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Portel-des-Corbières expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,688/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Portel-des-Corbières grades B+ for cost of living.
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.
