Aurignac’s best grade is for cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 12.8% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,293/m². It has 650 jobs for 400 working residents.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Aurignac 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.
Each subject compares Aurignac 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aurignac.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Aurignac than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.75/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 69% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 61 homes were sold in Aurignac. That is the middle of 61 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,675/m² for the median of compared towns in Haute-Garonne.
€1,293/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aurignac€1,293/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,576/m²
42
€8.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.91 to €11.08/m² a month)
3.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.07/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,500
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Cœur et Coteaux du Comminges
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Aurignac run lower than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €22,760 a year per consumption unit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly a fifth of commuters travelled at the census. 12.8% of the labour force were unemployed, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
19%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot10%
Public transport8%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Aurignac, 1.5 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Aurignac run below what its ages would predict: 74 per 100 expected, fewer than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haute-Garonne: 86.4 years for women, 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 139 residents of Aurignac died, against 167 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Aurignac is Centre hospitalier Comminges Pyrenees site Saint Plancard, 11.2 mi away. 6 GPs practise here.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw83
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Aurignac · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Comminges Pyrenees site Saint Plancard
11.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Comminges Pyrenees site Saint Plancard
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
An older town: 26% of people in Aurignac are 65 or over, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 32% have a degree. The age that splits Aurignac in two is 45.1.
45.1median age
AurignacHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Aurignac keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Aurignac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Grotte préhistorique. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines du château: Photo: Sylenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tour de Savoie: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grotte préhistorique: Photo: Totor-22 · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aurignac
Is Aurignac safe?
Aurignac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 12.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Aurignac good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aurignac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aurignac grades A for cost of living.
About Aurignac
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Aurignac is a commune of 1,229 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur et Coteaux du Comminges. 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
1,229 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Cœur et Coteaux du Comminges
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.
