Martiel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 40% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,544/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Ouest Aveyron Communauté. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Martiel 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 Martiel.
HealthHealth A−
Deaths in Martiel run below what its ages would predict: 75 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Aveyron: 85.1 years for women, 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 127 deaths in Martiel from 2016 to 2025; there were 95, 25% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Martiel is Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse, 6.2 mi away.
−25%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw75
Adjusted75
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Martiel · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Villefranche de Rouergue site la Chartreuse
6.3 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.77/m² a month, about level with Aveyron’s towns (€9.38/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,544/m², comes from 35 sales of houses and apartments in Martiel from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.18/m² a month.
€1,544/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Martiel€1,544/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,544/m²
35
€8.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.66 to €11.53/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,870
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ouest Aveyron Communauté
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Martiel has fewer young adults than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 6.5% are 15 to 24
Children are 16% of the town. 28% of residents are 65 or over, between Aveyron’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Martiel has a median age of 50.5 years.
50.5median age
MartielAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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−
Fewer people in Martiel are out of work than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.1%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,160 a year per consumption unit, below Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Jobs based in Martiel number 250, against 450 residents in work (0.6 per worker). No commute at all: 6.3% of working residents locally at the census.
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot9%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
250
jobs based in Martiel, 0.6 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Martiel: 34% were built before 1919, more than in both Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Martiel is Dolmen dit de Maire-Gaillard. Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Tombs and funerary monuments, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Martiel
Is Martiel safe?
Martiel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Martiel expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,544/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Martiel grades A− for cost of living.
About Martiel
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Martiel is a commune of 1,008 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
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.
