Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 1,448 residents in Aude, Occitanie.
Villeneuve-la-Comptal’s best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add cost of living to its strengths (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Villeneuve-la-Comptal has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Villeneuve-la-Comptal does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villeneuve-la-Comptal 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.
Villeneuve-la-Comptal has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Villeneuve-la-Comptal as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel, in Castelnaudary, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Villeneuve-la-Comptal. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Castelnaudary3.7 km northeast, in Castelnaudary
MuseumMusée archéologique du Lauragais3.7 km northeast, in CastelnaudaryAttractionAttractionCollégiale Saint-Michel de Castelnaudary3.7 km northeast, in CastelnaudaryMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Carmes de Castelnaudary3.8 km northeast, in CastelnaudaryChurchChurchÉglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Castelnaudary3.7 km northeast, in CastelnaudaryGardenGardenJardin Bauzé3.8 km northeast, in CastelnaudaryPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villeneuve-la-Comptal.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
75 deaths in Villeneuve-la-Comptal between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 118: 36% below. In Aude, women can expect to live 84.4 years and men 78.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Villeneuve-la-Comptal is Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite, 2.5 mi away.
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.
7.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Aude’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €26,050 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,734/m², below both Aude’s towns (€1,923/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 34 houses and apartments changed hands in Villeneuve-la-Comptal from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,734/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 23% of the town. Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Aude’s towns (15%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Villeneuve-la-Comptal | Aude median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 21% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aude median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 2 mi off. The bac pass rate near Villeneuve-la-Comptal is 92.8%, near both Aude’s towns (91.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the general lycée, 96% of 295 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les FontanillesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 150 | 89%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Germaine TillionNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 295 | 96%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In all, 29 offenses reached the police record in Villeneuve-la-Comptal in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.8 cases of violence against people and 15.4 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes here 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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 27.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Villeneuve-la-Comptal is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villeneuve-la-Comptal yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeneuve-la-Comptal | 1,448 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Castelnaudary | 12,151 | 2.2 | C+ | A− | D | B− |
| Bram | 3,233 | 10 | B− | B+ | C | C |
| Revel Haute-Garonne | 9,762 | 12 | A− | B+ | C+ | A |
| Sorèze Tarn | 2,965 | 13 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Mazères Ariège | 3,852 | 13 | B | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais Haute-Garonne | 5,072 | 13 | B | B | C | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villeneuve-la-Comptal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villeneuve-la-Comptal grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Aude, Occitanie
Villeneuve-la-Comptal is a commune of 1,448 people in the Communauté de communes Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. 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.