Prices are modest for what you get (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health, B for jobs & income and B for walkability. Holiday and other second homes account for 43% of homes. Over-65s are 36% of the population.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Salles-Curan 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 Salles-Curan 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aveyron median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Salles-Curan than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.41/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
70 sales of houses and apartments in Salles-Curan, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,948/m². Houses made up 87% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,948/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Salles-Curan€1,948/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,944/m²
61
€8.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.76 to €10.45/m² a month)
5.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,310
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Lévézou
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Salles-Curan is below 60% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Salles-Curan has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Salles-Curan is Centre hospitalier Communal de Millau, 14.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 162 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 137, 15% fewer. In Aveyron, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.1 years for women and 80 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Salles-Curan · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Communal de Millau
14.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Communal de Millau
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Salles-Curan keeps more of its old housing than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 13% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 3 of 4. Among the classé monuments in Salles-Curan is Ancien château. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Fewer people in Salles-Curan are out of work than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.7%
For its 400 residents in work, Salles-Curan has 400 jobs: 1 each. The median disposable income was €24,430 a year per consumption unit, about level with Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: just over a tenth of working residents here at the census.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot13%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
400
jobs based in Salles-Curan, 1 per working resident
7.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,430
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Salles-Curan
Is Salles-Curan safe?
Salles-Curan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 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.
Is Salles-Curan expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,948/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Salles-Curan grades A− for cost of living.
About Salles-Curan
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Salles-Curan is a commune of 1,043 people in the Communauté de communes du Lévézou. 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.
