Bertholène has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bertholène 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 Bertholène.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
On foot, Bertholène works less well than 94% of compared French towns
3.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Aveyron’s towns (13.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 4.8%. Bertholène has 150 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Bertholène, 0.3 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,780
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 6% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Bertholène costs less than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.09/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Bertholène below both Aveyron’s towns (€9.38/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,451/m², comes from 34 sales of houses and apartments in Bertholène from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,451/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bertholène€1,451/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,439/m²
33
€8.09/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.32 to €10.35/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,330
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Causses à l'Aubrac
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Bertholène’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 62% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 69 residents of Bertholène died, against 82 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Bertholène · 5.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
11.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Bertholène: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Bertholène is above both Aveyron’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Bertholène: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Bertholène is Château des Bourines et ses dépendances.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Bertholène are under 15, more than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Bertholène comes above both Aveyron’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.1% of the population.
43.6median age
BertholèneAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Église d'Ayrinhac: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église d'Anglars: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Site archéologique du dolmen 1 des Bourines: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château des Bourines et ses dépendances: Photo: Camzvium · CC0
Famous people from Bertholène
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bertholène yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bertholène
Is Bertholène safe?
Bertholène has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Bertholène expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,451/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bertholène grades A for cost of living.
About Bertholène
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Bertholène is a commune of 1,043 people in the Communauté de communes des Causses à l'Aubrac. 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
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.
