Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 285 residents, it is a town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Arbas falls below the line for grades. Holiday and other second homes account for just over two in five homes. People aged 65 and over make up 31% of residents.
The 2 things Arbas does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Arbas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Galeries et grottes dites Souterrain de Houantaou, in Ganties, 6 mi away.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arbas.
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up just over a third of adults. Children are 17% of the town.
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Arbas | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Arbas: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.6 each). One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 9.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses accounted for 92% of sales, apartments for the rest. From July 2023 to June 2026, 13 homes were sold in Arbas.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Arbas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arbas yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbas | 285 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Girons Ariège | 6,008 | 12 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Saint-Gaudens | 12,139 | 12 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Cazères | 4,854 | 17 | C− | A− | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Arbas is a commune of 285 people in the Communauté de communes Cagire Garonne Salat. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.