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A town of 1,084 in Aveyron, Occitanie.
Flagnac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 4.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 27% of 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.
The 2 things Flagnac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Flagnac 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Flagnac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Flagnac.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Flagnac, that is below both Aveyron’s towns (€9.38/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Flagnac sits below both Aveyron’s towns (93.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul RamadierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 83 | 80%−8 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent La DécouverteNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 128 | 96%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Flagnac above both Aveyron’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.2% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Flagnac | Aveyron median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Flagnac is below both Aveyron’s towns (8.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Flagnac has 200 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.5 per worker. At the census, 6.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Flagnac comes below both Aveyron’s towns (83) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 183 residents of Flagnac died, against 146 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Flagnac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Flagnac. Best known first.
Flagnac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ruines du château de Pagax: Photo: moi même · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Flagnac yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagnac | 1,084 | — | — | A+ | — | A− |
| Decazeville | 5,020 | 1.8 | C | A | C | C |
| Aubin | 3,444 | 3.6 | B | A+ | A+ | C+ |
| Capdenac-Gare | 4,440 | 9.1 | A | A | C+ | B |
| Figeac Lot | 9,793 | 11 | C+ | B− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Flagnac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns. 96% of 128 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent La Découverte in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Flagnac is a commune of 1,084 people in the Communauté de communes Decazeville 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
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.