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This town in Aude, Occitanie has a population of 2,014.
At the median price of €2,180/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. School results trail most towns: brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for walkability. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 13.8% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude 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 Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude 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.
Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Canal du Midi, in Sallèles-d'Aude, 1.7 mi away.
13% 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 Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcelin AlbertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 75%−10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,180/m², comes from 82 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 82 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,184/m² | 81 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude can choose among 5 GPs. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 218 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 233, 7% more.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
13.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below Aude’s towns (14.6%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,920 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 4.1% of working residents in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7% of the town, higher than Aude’s towns (8.9%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). 23% of residents have reached 65. Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude has a median age of 44.6 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4 cases of violence against people and 9.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 28 offenses recorded locally.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 29.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude. Best known first.
MuseumAmphoralis3.3 km north, in Sallèles-d'AudeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sallèles2.4 km northeast, in Sallèles-d'AudeAttractionAttractionBibliothèque Le Trouve Tout du Livre2.6 km northwest, in Saint-Nazaire-d'AudeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Ventenac en Minervois5 km west, in Ventenac-en-MinervoisAttractionAttractionLa Capitane - Croisières2.6 km northwest, in Saint-Nazaire-d'AudePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude | 2,014 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Sallèles-d'Aude | 3,179 | 1.7 | D | C | A | C− |
| Ouveillan | 2,713 | 3.9 | B | B | A | C− |
| Cuxac-d'Aude | 4,079 | 4 | D | B− | C | C− |
| Narbonne | 57,587 | 6.1 | D− | C− | D− | C |
| Coursan | 5,737 | 7 | D | B− | C− | C |
| Vinassan | 2,662 | 8.2 | D | C− | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,180/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude is a commune of 2,014 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
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.