Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
10,456 people call this town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie home.
An even record, with no subject far from the norm. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. Auterive’s overall B− puts it #57 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. That leaves it better than 47% of compared French towns. It also trails on schools (C) — brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Its best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,091/m² costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Bassin Auterivain Haut-Garonnais. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (B+): 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Auterive 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Auterive; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Firmin Pons, born in 1847, is the one person born in Auterive before 1900 that Wikidata records.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Auterive; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Église Saint-Paul: Photo: Finoskov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison Malbosc: Photo: Kristof · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auterive.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Auterive records 79 deaths per 100 expected. 1,027 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, close to the 1,030 that France’s rates at each age predict. The nearest emergency department to Auterive is Clinique D Occitanie, 10.4 mi away. At birth, a girl in Haute-Garonne can expect 86.4 years and a boy 82.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Unemployment stood at 11.2%, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 3.9% of Auterive’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #68 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antonin PerboscNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 87%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Auterive were criminal damage than anything else (2025). 265 offenses were reported in Auterive during 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.3 violent offenses and 16.5 graded property crimes a year.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 13th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.6% of the total, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and above Haute-Garonne’s towns (3.5%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.42/m² a month, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 366 sales of houses and apartments in Auterive, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,091/m². Houses in Auterive sell for €2,269/m² and apartments for €1,874/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,269/m² | 224 |
| Apartments | €1,874/m² | 142 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 30% of adults. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and above Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%). Half of Auterive is older than 43.9, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Auterive | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
3 notable people were born in Auterive.
Firmin Pons: Le Cri de Toulouse, Public domain
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Auterive is a commune of 10,456 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin Auterivain Haut-Garonnais. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auterive | 10,456 | — | B− | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Miremont | 2,838 | 3.1 | B | C+ | A | B+ |
| Cintegabelle | 3,006 | 4.3 | B | C+ | A | C |
| Venerque | 2,974 | 5.6 | A− | C | A | B+ |
| Lagardelle-sur-Lèze | 3,303 | 5.7 | — | C | — | B |
| Vernet | 3,381 | 5.9 | A− | C | A | B+ |
| Nailloux | 4,211 | 7.4 | A | A− | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #60 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 71 burglaries and 85 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #68 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,091/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Auterive grades B− for cost of living.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.
