Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is a strength too — 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest is jobs & income: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 14.1% unemployment. Schools lag: brevet results 2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Rieux-Minervois 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 Rieux-Minervois 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.
Église de l'Assomption: Photo: ArnoLagrange · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien silo: Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rieux-Minervois.
Who lives here
Rieux-Minervois skews older, with 35% of residents 65 or over, more than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns
56.3median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.4% of residents, below both Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here. Among adults, 21% have a degree.
Rieux-MinervoisAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
35%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
Buying in Rieux-Minervois costs less than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,150/m²
€1,150/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.87/m² a month, below Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A house rents for an estimated €7.84/m² a month. Sales in Rieux-Minervois from July 2023 to June 2026: 96 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Rieux-Minervois€1,150/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,150/m²
96
€9.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.08 to €12.06/m² a month)
3.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.84/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,110
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Incomes in Rieux-Minervois run lower than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €21,630 a year per consumption unit
10%walk, cycle or take transit
14.1% of the labour force were unemployed, near Aude’s towns (14.6%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 9.8% of commuters got to work without a car.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot7%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
750
jobs based in Rieux-Minervois, 1.2 per working resident
14.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Rieux-Minervois sees 92 deaths per 100 expected, against 98 in Aude’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Rieux-Minervois is Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud, 10.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 360 residents of Rieux-Minervois died, against 337 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. 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. For a family doctor, residents of Rieux-Minervois have one GP on hand.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Rieux-Minervois · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Carcassonne Antoine Gayraud
10.6 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
Rieux-Minervois keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Rieux-Minervois is Église de l'Assomption. On the Culture ministry’s list, Rieux-Minervois counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Rieux-Minervois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.4 cases of violence against people and 13.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Rieux-Minervois logged 30 recorded offenses. The town has 750 jobs for 600 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Other physical violence8
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence9
Fraud6
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.
3.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
30
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 26.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Rieux-Minervois is a commune of 1,957 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
Population
1,957 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
8.4 sq mi (21.8 km²)
INSEE code
11315
Rieux-Minervois’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
