Overall, Sallèles-d'Aude earns a D, which places it #11 of 22 in Aude. That leaves it better than 14% of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for schools (D−) — brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. Where it does best is safety: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 10.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €2,317/m² costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.4% unemployment.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sallèles-d'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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sallèles-d'Aude.
Schools
Brevet results near Sallèles-d'Aude run low: 75.0% passed, below Aude’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #15 of 15 in Aude. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 6.1 mi away. For collège, the closest is 1.9 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Sallèles-d'Aude records less crime per resident than 88% of compared French towns
All told, Sallèles-d'Aude had 39 recorded offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
3.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Burglary8
Family violence6
Sexual violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
Theft without violence8
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.
3.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
39
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
11.1%
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 · When other physical violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (11.1% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C−
Sallèles-d'Aude has a higher adjusted death rate than four in five compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 322 deaths in Sallèles-d'Aude from 2016 to 2025; there were 394, 22% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Sallèles-d'Aude records 102 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Aude’s towns (98) and compared French towns (88). For a family doctor, residents of Sallèles-d'Aude have one GP on hand. Women in Aude live to 84.4 on average and men to 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted102
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Sallèles-d'Aude · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive du Grand Narbonne
6.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu
84.4 · 78.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aude, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,317/m², comes from 131 sales of houses and apartments in Sallèles-d'Aude from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. A house rents for an estimated €9.00/m² a month.
€2,317/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sallèles-d'Aude€2,317/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aude median€1,923/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,317/m²
129
€11.48/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.41 to €14.01/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.00/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Sallèles-d'Aude than in Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%
The median disposable income was €24,240 a year per consumption unit, close to Aude’s towns (€23,350) and below compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 11.4%. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Sallèles-d'Aude didn’t travel to work at all.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
550
jobs based in Sallèles-d'Aude, 0.4 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Sallèles-d'Aude 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.
Among the classé monuments in Sallèles-d'Aude is Canal du Midi. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, lower than Aude’s towns (29%) and near compared French towns (22%). At 45.8, the median resident of Sallèles-d'Aude sits in the middle of the age range.
45.8median age
Sallèles-d'AudeAude medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education27%
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%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sallèles-d'Aude
Is Sallèles-d'Aude safe?
It grades A for safety, #5 of 22 in Aude. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sallèles-d'Aude good?
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sallèles-d'Aude expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,317/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.48/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sallèles-d'Aude grades C for cost of living.
About Sallèles-d'Aude
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Sallèles-d'Aude is a commune of 3,179 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
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.
