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SalzaAude

It is a town of 29 residents in Aude, Occitanie.

Is Salza a good place to live?

Salza isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 48% of its homes are second homes. 46% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Salza stand out

The 2 things Salza does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Salza’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Salza’s story

No historic monuments in Salza

The Culture ministry lists no building in Salza as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château, in Termes, 3.2 mi away.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Salza.

Who lives here

Salza is a graduates’ town: 50% hold a degree, more than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns

3.6% are under 15, lower than both Aude’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 7.1% of residents. At 58, the median resident of Salza sits in the middle of the age range.

58median age
SalzaAude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%
CAP or BEP8%
Baccalauréat31%
Higher education50%

Women and men · all residents

43% women, 57% men

About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Salza
SalzaAude medianFrance median
Under 153.6%15%17%
15–247.1%8.9%11%
25–4425%19%23%
45–6418%27%26%
65+46%29%22%
No diploma7.7%21%19%
CAP or BEP7.7%27%26%
Baccalauréat31%20%18%
Higher education50%25%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Salza are out of work than in Aude’s towns or across compared French towns: 45.5%

No commute at all: 14.3% of working residents in Salza at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Salza, 0.7 per working resident
45.5%
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

Renting in Salza costs less than in both Aude’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.84/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €6.88/m² a month.

€8.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Salza€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)
€6.88/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 Salza

11pages on Salza

Landmarks

Nothing in Salza is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Salza

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Salza yet.

How we find them →

Salza’s neighbors

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

All towns in Aude →
PalajaLimouxTrèbesCarcassonneQuillanPalajaLimouxTrèbesCarcassonneQuillanSalza
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Salza29—————
Palaja2,72214—C—B+
Limoux10,53215CB+C−C
Trèbes5,36116CB−BB
Carcassonne46,08018C−BD−C+
Quillan2,97818BA−B−C

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

About Salza

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Salza is a commune of 29 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
29 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Région Lézignanaise, Corbières et Minervois
Département
Aude (11)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.5 km²)
INSEE code
11374

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 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.