People here tend to be in good health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add schools to its strengths — bac results at the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for walkability (C+): 65% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,250/m²: 70 m² comes to 6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Rodez Agglomération.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Le Monastère 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.
Each subject compares Le Monastère 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 Le Monastère.
HealthHealth A
Mortality in Le Monastère, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns: 73 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 164 deaths in Le Monastère from 2016 to 2025; there were 119, 27% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Aveyron is 85.1 years for women and 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 4 GPs practise here.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw73
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Le Monastère · 5.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
1.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
1.8 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
93.1% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 89% passed the bac pro, of 299 candidates at 4 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Le Monastère, 96.8% passed the bac, near Aveyron’s towns (96.8%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%).
99%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Le Monastère has fewer older residents than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 17% are 65 or over
One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.6%, close to Aveyron’s towns (8.9%) and below compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 39% of adults.
44median age
Le MonastèreAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Le Monastère has lower unemployment than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 4.8%
The census found 6.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Le Monastère has 350 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,900 a year.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Le Monastère, 0.3 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,900
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 37% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2018
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 4.6% of the total, lower than both Aveyron’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2018. The oldest protected building goes back to the 9th century.
2historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit2
9th c.
oldest protected part
2014
first monument protected
2018
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
The estimated advertised rent in Le Monastère is €10.59/m² a month, against €9.38/m² in Aveyron’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,250/m²: 77 houses and apartments sold in Le Monastère between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses accounted for 74% of sales, apartments for the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.53/m² a month.
€2,250/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Monastère€2,250/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,295/m²
57
€10.59/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.59 to €13.06/m² a month)
6
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
€26,090
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Rodez Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Le Monastère has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
14 offenses were reported in Le Monastère during 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 6.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 1.9 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime here was burglary (2025).
1.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary8
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
Fraud8
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.
1.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
35.0%
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (35.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Monastère
Is Le Monastère safe?
Le Monastère has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Monastère good?
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 132 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Louis Querbes in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Monastère expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,250/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Monastère grades B for cost of living.
About Le Monastère
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Le Monastère is a commune of 2,295 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Rodez Agglomération. 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.
