Find your town in Aveyron
Aveyron has 285 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 16 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 47 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Aveyron is like
The median ranked town in Aveyron grades highest on safety and schools against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
11 of 14 (79%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for Aveyron, with what drives each gradeDépartement report cardHow Aveyron compares with France’s other départements, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
14 towns · ordered by Aveyron rank
5 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
269 smaller towns and villages in Aveyron
With the 16 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 285 communes of Aveyron, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
222 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Aveyron
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Aveyron
What is the best place to live in Aveyron?
Baraqueville ranks first of 14 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A+) and health (A+) are its strongest grades; walkability (C+) is its lowest. Espalion and Druelle Balsac follow.
How do the biggest towns in Aveyron grade?
Rodez (23,981 people) grades A overall, with its best grade in walkability. Millau (22,044 people) grades A− overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Aveyron, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Aveyron on TownRatings?
Yes: all 285 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 16 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 47 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 222 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Bozouls and Sébazac-Concourès have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Baraqueville, Cronimus (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Espalion, Anonymous Unknown author (Public domain) · Druelle Balsac, Thérèse Gaigé (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Luc-la-Primaube, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sévérac d'Aveyron, Krzysztof Golik (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Onet-le-Château, MathildeJ (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Affrique, Greteck (Public domain) · Olemps, Jean-Paul Cronimus (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Capdenac-Gare, Krzysztof Golik (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Rodez, kallerna (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Millau, Castanet (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Carsten Steger (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Aubin, Krzysztof Golik (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Decazeville, Ségala pseudo d'Yves Fraysse (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.