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4,401 residents make their home in this town in Aude, Occitanie.
Strong in places, weak in others. Safety is its strong suit — an average of 1 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Villemoustaussou’s overall grade, B, puts it better than 58% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #4 of 22 in Aude. Health is a strength too (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. Schools are weaker too (C) — bac results 0.9 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.2 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,032/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Carcassonne Agglo.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Villemoustaussou 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villemoustaussou as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Conques-sur-Orbiel, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Villemoustaussou. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Michel de Carcassonne4.7 km south, in Carcassonne
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne4.5 km south, in Carcassonne
ChâteauChâteau des Saptes3.4 km east, in Conques-sur-Orbiel
FortBastion de Montmorency4.7 km south, in Carcassonne
GardenJardin du Calvaire4.8 km south, in CarcassonneAttractionAttractionPont Vieux4.7 km south, in CarcassonnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villemoustaussou.
Villemoustaussou ranks first of the 22 compared towns in Aude on the Safety Grade. 2025 saw 24 offenses recorded in the town. The graded crime recorded most here was burglary (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 16.9% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Villemoustaussou has 5 family doctors. In Aude, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.4 years for women and 78.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 318 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 395: 20% below.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 2.5 mi away. Results rank its schools #7 of 15 in Aude. Near Villemoustaussou, 91.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near both Aude’s towns (91.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules VerneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 76%−1 pt |
| Lycée Paul SabatierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 395 | 96%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 135 | 99%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,032/m², comes from 166 sales of houses and apartments in Villemoustaussou from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 95% of what sold. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.41/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,087/m² | 158 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up just over a third of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, close to Aude’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). 25% of residents are 65 or over.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Villemoustaussou | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €26,470 a year per consumption unit, above Aude’s towns (€23,350) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 5.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Villemoustaussou is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Villemoustaussou 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villemoustaussou | 4,401 | — | B | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Pennautier | 2,895 | 2.1 | B | B− | A+ | D |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel | 2,523 | 2.2 | A+ | A− | A | A+ |
| Carcassonne | 46,080 | 2.7 | C− | B | D− | C+ |
| Trèbes | 5,361 | 5.2 | C | B− | B | B |
| Palaja | 2,722 | 5.7 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Bram | 3,233 | 13 | B− | B+ | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 22 in Aude. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 9 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #7 of 15 in Aude. 96% of 395 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Paul Sabatier in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €2,032/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villemoustaussou grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Villemoustaussou is a commune of 4,401 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 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.