Capdenac-Gare’s schools beat most: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, ranking #9 of 14 in Aveyron. On that grade it does better than 90% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety, B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Capdenac-Gare 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Buying in Capdenac-Gare costs less than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,467/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.21/m² a month, about level with Aveyron’s towns (€9.38/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €7.57/m² a month. The market in Capdenac-Gare: 175 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,467/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Capdenac-Gare€1,467/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,469/m²
152
€9.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.52 to €11.27/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.57/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,050
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Capdenac-Gare than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15
Those 65 and older account for 30% of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.2% of residents, below both Aveyron’s towns (8.9%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults.
51.4median age
Capdenac-GareAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
People in Capdenac-Gare have lower living standards than in 79% of French communes of 1,000+
2,150 jobs are based in Capdenac-Gare, for 1,800 working residents (1.2 per worker). Households’ median disposable income: €24,050 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 2.7% of working residents here at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot9%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,150
jobs based in Capdenac-Gare, 1.2 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Capdenac-Gare: 14% 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.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century. Capdenac-Gare has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Capdenac-Gare’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Aveyron can expect 85.1 years and a boy 80 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Its three care homes for older people (130 places) count their residents as Capdenac-Gare’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 758 residents of Capdenac-Gare died, against 751 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Capdenac-Gare · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Figeac site Martin Malvy
16.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Capdenac-Gare ranks above 57% of compared French towns for crime per resident
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Capdenac-Gare. Over 2025, Capdenac-Gare logged 118 recorded offenses. Violence against people averaged 9.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 13.7.
9.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage45
Other physical violence26
Vehicle theft13
Theft from vehicles11
Sexual violence9
Family violence8
Burglary6
Fraud31
Theft without violence28
Drug use12
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
9.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
118
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Saint-Julien d'Empare and 5 more in and around Capdenac-Gare
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Capdenac-Gare. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Capdenac-Gare
Is Capdenac-Gare safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #11 of 14 in Aveyron. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Capdenac-Gare good?
They grade A, better than 88% of compared French towns and #3 of 13 in Aveyron. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Capdenac-Gare expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Capdenac-Gare grades A for cost of living.
About Capdenac-Gare
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Capdenac-Gare is a commune of 4,440 people in the Communauté de communes Grand-Figeac. 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.
