Varilhes · report
Renovation in Varilhes
In 2025, 38% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 38%
Homes authorised in Varilhes: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2022 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 2021 | 26 | 3 | 29 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2019 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| 2018 | 15 | — | 15 |
| 2017 | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 2016 | 17 | — | 17 |
| 2015 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 2014 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €178,920. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €696 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 34%
Figures for Ariège: Varilhes has no reliable figures of its own.
5.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 700
In 2022 the population fell by 4 while 17 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 17
- Population change, 2022
- −4
8.4% of the 1,951 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.4%
- Empty homes
- 164