Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 101 residents, it is a town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Bax falls below the line for grades. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
The one thing Bax does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bax as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Victor, in Montesquieu-Volvestre, 2.9 mi away.
43% 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 Bax.
Among adults, 32% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Line up the people of Bax by age and the one in the middle is 51.5.
44% women, 56% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bax | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 28% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 16.3% of working residents in Bax didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 4.7% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. 8.9% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
General-bac pupils go 10.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Stella BlandyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 84 | 82%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Bax recorded 4 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bax 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 Bax 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bax | 101 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre | 3,050 | 3.3 | B | A | A− | B− |
| Rieux-Volvestre | 2,639 | 4.9 | A | A− | A | C− |
| Carbonne | 5,563 | 6 | C | B | C | B− |
| Noé | 3,067 | 8.9 | A− | B− | A | A− |
| Longages | 3,392 | 9.2 | B+ | B | A+ | B |
| Cazères | 4,854 | 9.9 | C− | A− | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Bax is a commune of 101 people in the Communauté de communes du Volvestre. 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.