Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 4,310 people, lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Its best grade is for safety: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bessières’s overall grade, B+, puts it better than 69% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #36 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. School results trail most towns: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Bessières 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bessières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-du-Bourg, in Rabastens, 6.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bessières.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.2 mi away. The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #81 of 91 in Haute-Garonne on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Adrienne BollandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 89%−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.
Houses sell for €2,481/m² in Bessières, apartments for €2,031/m². 150 houses and apartments changed hands locally from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.57/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,481/m² | 116 |
| Apartments | €2,031/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Bessières has 4 family doctors. Its three care homes for older people (236 places) count their residents as Bessières’; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 735 residents of Bessières died, against 570 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% more. The nearest emergency department to Bessières is Clinique de L Union, 11.1 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Nearly 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%). Of those in the labour force, 8.6% are unemployed. After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,520 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by a third of adults, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) but above compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bessières | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Bessières is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Bessières.
Jean Bousquet: Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessières | 4,310 | — | B+ | C+ | A+ | B |
| Buzet-sur-Tarn | 2,963 | 2.2 | — | B− | — | A |
| Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe Tarn | 9,719 | 4.7 | A | B− | B | B+ |
| Montastruc-la-Conseillère | 3,708 | 5.6 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A |
| Coufouleux Tarn | 3,057 | 6.4 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Rabastens Tarn | 5,867 | 6.5 | A | B | B+ | A− |
| Villemur-sur-Tarn | 6,345 | 6.9 | C+ | B− | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #6 of 85 in Haute-Garonne.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #81 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.22/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bessières grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Bessières is a commune of 4,310 people in the Communauté de communes Val'Aïgo. 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) · 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 9, 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.
