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Villar-en-ValAude

The town, home to 23 people, lies in Aude, Occitanie.

Population

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€11.43

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Walk, cycle, transit

11%

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Villar-en-Val a good place to live?

Villar-en-Val isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 46% of its homes are second homes. 45% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Villar-en-Val stand out

The 2 things Villar-en-Val does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

45% are 65 or over

of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town

Median age 63. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Château · Inscrit · Photo: MIC43 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Villar-en-Val’s story

Villar-en-Val in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Villar-en-Val, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1973.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Joseph Delteil, born in 1894, is the one person born in Villar-en-Val before 1900 that Wikidata records.

1998First protected: Église paroissiale Saint-Paul

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villar-en-Val.

Who lives here

Children make up only 4.5% of Villar-en-Val, fewer than in Aude’s towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 45% of the town, above Aude’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Graduates make up 48% of adults. The middle age in Villar-en-Val is 63.

63median age

Villar-en-ValAude medianFrance median

Aude medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

45%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma29%

CAP or BEP14%

Baccalauréat10%

Higher education48%

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

About 83 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.

Ages and diplomas in Villar-en-Val
	Villar-en-Val	Aude median	France median
Under 15	4.5%	15%	17%
15–24	4.5%	8.9%	11%
25–44	18%	19%	23%
45–64	27%	27%	26%
65+	45%	29%	22%
No diploma	29%	21%	19%
CAP or BEP	14%	27%	26%
Baccalauréat	9.5%	20%	18%
Higher education	48%	25%	30%

Full pageVillar-en-Val’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages63 median age · 45% are 65 or over Households10 households · 1.6 people per household Born abroad4.5% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Villar-en-Val?”

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

History

Villar-en-Val keeps more of its old housing than Aude’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The earliest of these monuments dates from the 11th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Villar-en-Val, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0

Inscrit2

11th c.

oldest protected part

1973

first monument protected

Full pageVillar-en-Val’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes23% built before 1919 · Older homes Map2 historic monuments Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Villar-en-Val?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Villar-en-Val has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

11.1% of Villar-en-Val’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 67% drove.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving67%

Bicycle11%

Motorbike or scooter11%

On foot0%

Public transport0%

jobs based in Villar-en-Val, 0.4 per working resident

11.1%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

11%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work11% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here0.4 per working resident

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Villar-en-Val is €11.43/m² a month

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

€11.43/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Villar-en-Val€11.43/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Aude median€10.99/m²

€11.43/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.29 to €14.05/m² a month)

€7.76/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageVillar-en-Val’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€11.43/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Villar-en-Val

12pages on Villar-en-Val

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 9.9 mi away Work & commute0 jobs based here HousingFlood & hazards

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsOne place to visit mapped in town ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 63 History2 historic monuments Town HallFamous peopleOne notable person born here

Landmarks

The list names few of Villar-en-Val’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Église paroissiale Saint-PaulChurch · 11th c.

Classé

Ancienne abbaye de RieunetteAbbey · 12th c. · in Ladern-sur-Lauquet, 3 mi

Classé

Croix de chemin en pierreCross · 16th c. · in Serviès-en-Val, 3.3 mi

Classé

Église Saint-MartinChurch · 11th & 12th c. · in Saint-Martin-des-Puits, 6.3 mi

Photo credits

Église paroissiale Saint-Paul: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Villar-en-Val

One notable person was born in Villar-en-Val.

Their page →

Joseph DelteilFrench poet (1894–1978)

Villar-en-Val’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 →

PalajaTrèbesCarcassonneLimouxVillemoustaussouPennautierVillar-en-Val

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Villar-en-Val	23	—	—	—	—	—
Palaja	2,722	7.2	—	C	—	B⁺
Trèbes	5,361	8.8	C	B⁻	B	B
Carcassonne	46,080	11	C⁻	B	D⁻	C⁺
Limoux	10,532	12	C	B⁺	C⁻	C
Villemoustaussou	4,401	13	B	C⁺	A⁺	B⁺
Pennautier	2,895	13	B	B⁻	A⁺	D

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

About Villar-en-Val

Commune in Aude, Occitanie

Villar-en-Val is a commune of 23 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

Population: 23 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo
Département: Aude (11)
Région: Occitanie
Area: 4.6 sq mi (11.8 km²)
INSEE code: 11414

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.