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The town has 1,128 residents and lies in Aveyron, Occitanie.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. At €1,868/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Ouest Aveyron Communauté. 14% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. La Fouillade has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things La Fouillade does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Fouillade 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.
La Fouillade has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Fouillade as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fontaine publique, in Najac, 3.3 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Fouillade.
The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a third of residents. Half of La Fouillade is older than 53.8, half younger. Graduates make up 28% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| La Fouillade | Aveyron median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 8.9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to La Fouillade is Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse, 7.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 157 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 123, 22% fewer. Also worth knowing: women in Aveyron live to 85.1 on average and men to 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2 GPs practise locally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,868/m², comes from 35 sales of houses and apartments in La Fouillade from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.45/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,868/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, just over one in ten 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
Nothing in La Fouillade is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Fouillade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Fouillade | 1,128 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue | 11,271 | 8.3 | B+ | A− | C | B |
| Carmaux Tarn | 9,872 | 14 | B+ | A− | C | B+ |
| Blaye-les-Mines Tarn | 2,902 | 15 | A− | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Cagnac-les-Mines Tarn | 2,621 | 18 | — | B | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Fouillade has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,868/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Fouillade grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
La Fouillade is a commune of 1,128 people in the Communauté de communes Ouest Aveyron 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.