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Home to 30 people, this town lies in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Saint-Martin-des-Puits a good place to live?

Saint-Martin-des-Puits has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 53% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 43% of the population.

What makes Saint-Martin-des-Puits stand out

The 2 things Saint-Martin-des-Puits does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Martin
Église Saint-Martin · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Martin-des-Puits’ story

Saint-Martin-des-Puits in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Martin-des-Puits counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1951.

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

  • 1951First protected: Église Saint-Martin
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Landmarks

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

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Martin: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Martin-des-Puits.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Saint-Martin-des-Puits than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7% are under 15

63median age

People 65 and over make up 43% of the town, above Aude’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Among adults, 36% have a degree. The age that splits Saint-Martin-des-Puits in two is 63.

Saint-Martin-des-PuitsAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education36%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Martin-des-Puits
Saint-Martin-des-PuitsAude medianFrance median
Under 156.7%15%17%
15–246.7%8.9%11%
25–446.7%19%23%
45–6437%27%26%
65+43%29%22%
No diploma18%21%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat14%20%18%
Higher education36%25%30%

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

History

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

1historic monument

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

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Martin-des-Puits is Église Saint-Martin. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1951
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Saint-Martin-des-Puits has 0.1 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

0%walk, cycle or take transit

Unemployment runs at 12.5%. No commute at all: 14.3% of working residents in Saint-Martin-des-Puits at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Saint-Martin-des-Puits, 0.1 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
14%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Martin-des-Puits than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.84/m² a month

€8.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

Sales in Saint-Martin-des-Puits from July 2023 to June 2026: 6 houses and apartments.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Martin-des-Puits€8.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aude median€10.99/m²
€8.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €11.86/m² a month)
€8.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Martin-des-Puits

12pages on Saint-Martin-des-Puits
Nearby attractions

Église Saint-Martin de Saint-Martin-des-Puits and 4 more in and around Saint-Martin-des-Puits

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Martin-des-Puits. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Saint-Martin-des-Puits

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Martin-des-Puits yet.

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About Saint-Martin-des-Puits

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Saint-Martin-des-Puits is a commune of 30 people in the Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois. 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
30 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.7 sq mi (7.1 km²)
INSEE code
11354

Saint-Martin-des-Puits’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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PalajaTrèbesLézignan-CorbièresCarcassonneLimouxVillemoustaussouPalajaTrèbesLézignan-CorbièresCarcassonneLimouxVillemoustaussouSaint-Martin-des-Puits
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Martin-des-Puits30—————
Palaja2,72213—C—B+
Trèbes5,36113CB−BB
Lézignan-Corbières10,34315DB−DC−
Carcassonne46,08016C−BD−C+
Limoux10,53218CB+C−C
Villemoustaussou4,40118BC+A+B+

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

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.