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Saint-HilaireAude

A town in Aude, Occitanie, home to 712 people.

Is Saint-Hilaire a good place to live?

Saint-Hilaire isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Holiday and other second homes account for 13% of homes.

What makes Saint-Hilaire stand out

The 2 things Saint-Hilaire does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Ancienne abbaye Saint-Hilaire
Ancienne abbaye Saint-Hilaire · Classé · Photo: Pinpin 19:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Hilaire’s story

Saint-Hilaire in pictures

Saint-Hilaire has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1840First protected: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Hilaire
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Hilaire.

Who lives here

Saint-Hilaire has fewer young adults than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, between Aude’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults. Half the people of Saint-Hilaire are older than 49.6.

49.6median age
Saint-HilaireAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Hilaire
Saint-HilaireAude medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–247.6%8.9%11%
25–4421%19%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+27%29%22%
No diploma19%21%19%
CAP or BEP26%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%20%18%
Higher education26%25%30%

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

History

Saint-Hilaire keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Hilaire is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Hilaire.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

13th c.
oldest protected part
1840
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Only 5.3% of commuters in Saint-Hilaire go to work without a car, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns

100 jobs are based in Saint-Hilaire, for 250 working residents (0.4 per worker). Unemployment stood at 13.6%, between Aude’s towns (14.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,790 a year.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
100
jobs based in Saint-Hilaire, 0.4 per working resident
13.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Homes in Saint-Hilaire sell for a median €1,219/m²

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

Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.76/m² a month. Sales in Saint-Hilaire from July 2023 to June 2026: 34 houses and apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.04/m² a month, close to Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€1,219/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Saint-Hilaire€1,219/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,219/m²34
€11.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.79 to €13.86/m² a month)
€7.76/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Saint-Hilaire and 2 more in and around Saint-Hilaire

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Hilaire. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Hilaire

13pages on Saint-Hilaire

Landmarks

Saint-Hilaire has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Ancienne abbaye Saint-Hilaire: Photo: Pinpin 19:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Hilaire

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Hilaire as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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Saint-Hilaire’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 →
LimouxPalajaCarcassonneTrèbesPennautierVillemoustaussouLimouxPalajaCarcassonneTrèbesPennautierVillemoustaussouSaint-Hilaire
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Hilaire712—————
Limoux10,5325.4CB+C−C
Palaja2,7226.8—C—B+
Carcassonne46,0808.6C−BD−C+
Trèbes5,36111CB−BB
Pennautier2,89511BB−A+D
Villemoustaussou4,40111BC+A+B+

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

About Saint-Hilaire

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Saint-Hilaire is a commune of 712 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
712 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Limouxin
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
9.2 sq mi (23.9 km²)
INSEE code
11344

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 November 4, 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.