Salles-la-Source has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 6% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,157/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Conques-Marcillac. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Salles-la-Source 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Salles-la-Source has lower unemployment than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 4.2%
Jobs located in Salles-la-Source: 500, for 1,000 residents in work (0.5 each). Half of residents lived on more than €29,280 a year per consumption unit, above both Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
500
jobs based in Salles-la-Source, 0.5 per working resident
4.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 4% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, Salles-la-Source sees fewer deaths than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 68 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Aveyron: 85.1 years for women and 80 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 235 deaths in Salles-la-Source between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 291: 19% below. The nearest emergency department to Salles-la-Source is Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel, 5.6 mi away.
−32%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted68
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Salles-la-Source · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Rodez Hopital Jacques Puel
5.7 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
The estimated advertised rent in Salles-la-Source is €10.16/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.
The median price, €2,157/m², comes from 53 sales of houses and apartments in Salles-la-Source from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.39/m² a month.
€2,157/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Salles-la-Source€2,157/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,157/m²
53
€10.16/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.23 to €12.55/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.39/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Conques-Marcillac
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Salles-la-Source is a graduates’ town: 45% hold a degree, more than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 18%, above Aveyron’s towns (14%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.1% of the population. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town.
48median age
Salles-la-SourceAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education45%
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
History
Salles-la-Source keeps more of its old housing than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Salles-la-Source has 73 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, higher than both Aveyron’s towns (7.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments in the town is Dolmen de Saint-Antonin. It has 17 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 13 inscrit, the second level. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
Dolmen et tumulus du Genevrier: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église du Bourg: Photo: Falcoperegrinus (Matthieu Gauvain) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Austremoine: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Site archéologique du dolmen de Pérignagol I: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Salles-la-Source
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Salles-la-Source as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Salles-la-Source
Is Salles-la-Source safe?
Salles-la-Source has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Salles-la-Source good?
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Salles-la-Source expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,157/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Salles-la-Source grades B+ for cost of living.
About Salles-la-Source
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Salles-la-Source is a commune of 2,333 people in the Communauté de communes Conques-Marcillac. 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.
