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3,369 people call this town in Aude, Occitanie home.
Overall, Salles-d'Aude earns a D, better than 7% of compared French towns. That places it #14 of 22 in Aude. Where it falls short is schools: brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. Homes sell for a median €2,491/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Narbonne. Its strongest is safety (B+) — an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 15.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.3% unemployment. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Salles-d'Aude does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Salles-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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Salles-d'Aude: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1952.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salles-d'Aude.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Salles-d'Aude, 81.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Aude’s towns (82.3%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). General-bac pupils go 5.9 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s schools place #12 of 15 in Aude on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les MailheulsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 145 | 81%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Salles-d'Aude come to 104 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 469 residents of Salles-d'Aude died, against 377 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. The nearest emergency department to Salles-d'Aude is Centre hospitalier de Narbonne Hotel Dieu, 7 mi away. 2 GPs practise here.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,491/m²: 168 houses and apartments sold in Salles-d'Aude between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.71/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 93% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,501/m² | 156 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up 30% of residents. Children under 15 make up 16%, higher than Aude’s towns (15%) yet lower than compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Salles-d'Aude is 50.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Salles-d'Aude | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
2025 saw 56 offenses recorded in Salles-d'Aude. More of the graded crimes here were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025).
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 9.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
12.3% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Aude’s towns (14.6%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 3.8% of working residents in Salles-d'Aude at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,760 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Salles-d'Aude is inscription gallo-romaine. Homes from before 1919 make up 9.7% of the total, lower than Aude’s towns (11%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Salles-d'Aude. Best known first.
Salles-d'Aude has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Salles-d'Aude.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-d'Aude | 3,369 | — | D | C− | B+ | D |
| Fleury | 4,246 | 2.7 | D− | C− | D− | C− |
| Coursan | 5,737 | 3 | D | B− | C− | C |
| Vinassan | 2,662 | 3.2 | D | C− | C+ | C+ |
| Nissan-lez-Enserune Hérault | 4,124 | 3.4 | B− | B− | B+ | B− |
| Lespignan Hérault | 3,414 | 3.7 | B | C+ | A− | C+ |
| Colombiers Hérault | 2,814 | 5.3 | B− | C− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #6 of 22 in Aude. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns and #12 of 15 in Aude. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,491/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.26/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Salles-d'Aude grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Salles-d'Aude is a commune of 3,369 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 October 30, 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.