Little here grades badly. School results are strong: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, better than almost every compared French town. That places it #5 of 14 in Aveyron. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sévérac d'Aveyron 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 Sévérac d'Aveyron.
History
Sévérac d'Aveyron keeps more of its old housing than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Sévérac d'Aveyron is Église Saint-Grégoire. Per 10,000 residents, Sévérac d'Aveyron counts 30 protected monuments, above both Aveyron’s towns (7.7) and compared French towns (2.5). The town has 12 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 5 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
Schools around Sévérac d'Aveyron do better than those of 97% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #1 of 13 in Aveyron. Near Sévérac d'Aveyron, 96.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, higher than both Aveyron’s towns (93.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%). General-bac pupils go 15.9 mi to the nearest lycée.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Sévérac d'Aveyron costs less than in Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.35/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
142 sales of houses and apartments in Sévérac d'Aveyron, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,423/m². Among the homes sold, 89% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 142 homes were sold in the town.
€1,423/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sévérac d'Aveyron€1,423/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aveyron median€1,741/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,439/m²
127
€8.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.50 to €10.72/m² a month)
4.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,330
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Causses à l'Aubrac
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Sévérac d'Aveyron records less crime per resident than three in four compared French towns
60 offenses were reported in Sévérac d'Aveyron during 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.5 violent offenses and 9.5 graded property crimes a year. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Sévérac d'Aveyron (2025).
6.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Family violence11
Burglary11
Other physical violence9
Theft from vehicles9
Armed robbery0
Fraud28
Theft without violence13
Drug use12
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.
6.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
60
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.8%
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 sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.8% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Few people in Sévérac d'Aveyron are 15 to 24: 8.4%, fewer than in Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, near Aveyron’s towns (30%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. Graduates make up 26% of adults.
51.1median age
Sévérac d'AveyronAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 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
HealthHealth B
Sévérac d'Aveyron is 16.2 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Sévérac d'Aveyron can choose among 5 GPs. Its care home for older people (75 places) counts its residents as Sévérac d'Aveyron’s; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 564 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 541, 4% fewer. In Aveyron, women can expect to live 85.1 years and men 80 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Sévérac d'Aveyron · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Communal de Millau
16.2 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
Sévérac d'Aveyron has lower unemployment than Aveyron’s towns or compared French towns: 7.4%
Per resident in work, Sévérac d'Aveyron counts 0.9 jobs (1,400 jobs, 1,600 workers). 6.3% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,760 a year per consumption unit, close to Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
11%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot9%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,400
jobs based in Sévérac d'Aveyron, 0.9 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,760
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
Église Saint-Grégoire: Photo: JeanJeff2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Dalmazy: Photo: Patrick Boyer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines du château: Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château de Recoules: Photo: PHILDIC · Public domain
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sévérac d'Aveyron
Is Sévérac d'Aveyron safe?
It grades A− for safety, #8 of 14 in Aveyron. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sévérac d'Aveyron good?
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns and #1 of 13 in Aveyron. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sévérac d'Aveyron expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,423/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sévérac d'Aveyron grades A for cost of living.
About Sévérac d'Aveyron
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Sévérac d'Aveyron is a commune of 4,026 people in the Communauté de communes des Causses à l'Aubrac. 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.
