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CabanèsAveyron

A town of 284 in Aveyron, Occitanie.

Is Cabanès a good place to live?

Cabanès is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Cabanès stand out

The 2 things Cabanès does most differently from other towns.

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Cabanès’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cabanès’ story

No historic monuments in Cabanès

The Culture ministry lists no building in Cabanès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-Lasplanques, in Tanus, 4.3 mi away.

33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cabanès.

Who lives here

An older town: 30% of residents are 65 or over

Children under 15 make up 14%, about level with Aveyron’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.5% of residents. Cabanès has a median age of 50.5.

50.5median age
CabanèsAveyron medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Cabanès
CabanèsAveyron medianFrance median
Under 1514%14%17%
15–249.5%8.9%11%
25–4418%21%23%
45–6428%27%26%
65+30%30%22%
No diploma20%19%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%20%18%
Higher education29%29%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Cabanès run lower than in Aveyron’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €22,170 a year per consumption unit

Jobs based in Cabanès number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.3 per worker). 7.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Aveyron’s towns (13.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment stands at 8.5%.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot6%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Cabanès, 0.3 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Cabanès costs less than in Aveyron’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.85/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €7.55/m² a month. Cabanès recorded 7 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€7.85/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cabanès€7.85/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aveyron median€9.38/m²
€7.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.17 to €9.99/m² a month)
€7.55/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Musée de la Résistance and 2 more in and around Cabanès

Museums and heritage in and near Cabanès. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Cabanès

12pages on Cabanès

Landmarks

Nothing in Cabanès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Cabanès

One notable person was born in Cabanès.

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Cabanès’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Aveyron →
BaraquevilleCarmauxBlaye-les-MinesLuc-la-PrimaubeDruelle BalsacOlempsBaraquevilleCarmauxBlaye-les-MinesLuc-la-PrimaubeDruelle BalsacOlempsCabanès
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cabanès284—————
Baraqueville3,1739.3A+B+A+A+
Carmaux Tarn9,87212B+A−CB+
Blaye-les-Mines Tarn2,90213A−A−B+B+
Luc-la-Primaube6,04615A+B−A+A
Druelle Balsac3,18716A+B+A+A
Olemps3,55916AC+A+C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Cabanès

Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie

Cabanès is a commune of 284 people in the Communauté de communes Pays Ségali Communauté. 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
284 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays Ségali Communauté
Département
Aveyron (12)
Région
Occitanie
Area
6.2 sq mi (15.9 km²)
INSEE code
12041

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 October 30, 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.