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A town of 5,361 in Aude, Occitanie.
Trèbes grades C overall: better than 27% of compared French towns, and #8 of 22 in Aude. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,474/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Trèbes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Trèbes 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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Trèbes has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1950.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Trèbes. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trèbes.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its collèges and lycées rank #14 of 15 in Aude on results. General-bac pupils go 3.8 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gaston BonheurNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 76%−9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than Aude’s towns (8.9%) yet lower than compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 30% of residents. Typical age in Trèbes: 50.2, the median.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Trèbes | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Trèbes has 1,900 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 1.2 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,100 a year. 8.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Aude’s towns (11.1%) and below compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Aude live to 84.4 on average and men to 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 717 residents of Trèbes died, against 680 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. 8 GPs practise in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Trèbes is Pont-aqueduc de l'Orbiel. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, close to Aude’s towns (11%) and above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.3 violent offenses and 12.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Over 2025, Trèbes logged 95 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage 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 · For vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
247 sales of houses and apartments in Trèbes, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,474/m². Estimated advertised rent for houses: €9.85/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.83/m² a month, close to both Aude’s towns (€10.99/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,522/m² | 225 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Trèbes has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Mommeja · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont-aqueduc de l'Orbiel: Photo: Tournasol7 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Trèbes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trèbes | 5,361 | — | C | B− | B | B |
| Palaja | 2,722 | 3.8 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Carcassonne | 46,080 | 4.8 | C− | B | D− | C+ |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel | 2,523 | 4.8 | A+ | A− | A | A+ |
| Villemoustaussou | 4,401 | 5.2 | B | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Pennautier | 2,895 | 6.8 | B | B− | A+ | D |
| Limoux | 10,532 | 16 | C | B+ | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #7 of 22 in Aude. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,474/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Trèbes grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Trèbes is a commune of 5,361 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo. 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.
