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A town of 23 in Aude, Occitanie.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Saint-Martin-Lys has none. Two thirds of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 33% of the population.
The 2 things Saint-Martin-Lys does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Martin-Lys as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château, in Puilaurens, 4 mi away.
53% 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-Martin-Lys.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Aude’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). A third of residents are 65 or over. Line up the people of Saint-Martin-Lys by age and the one in the middle is 60.
75% women, 25% men
About 33 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Saint-Martin-Lys | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 0% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 8.3% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 50% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 41% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
50.0% of Saint-Martin-Lys’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 2 homes were sold in Saint-Martin-Lys.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Martin-Lys. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Martin-Lys 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-Martin-Lys 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-Martin-Lys | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quillan | 2,978 | 4.2 | B | A− | B− | C |
| Limoux | 10,532 | 16 | C | B+ | C− | C |
| Prades Pyrénées-Orientales | 6,148 | 18 | B− | C+ | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Saint-Martin-Lys is a commune of 23 people in the Communauté de communes Pyrénées Audoises. 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) · 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.