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The town has 1,125 residents and lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are affordable (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for walkability — 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The median home sells for €1,780/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Bourg-Saint-Bernard has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bourg-Saint-Bernard 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.
Bourg-Saint-Bernard has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Bourg-Saint-Bernard does most differently from other towns.
Bourg-Saint-Bernard has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1965.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Bourg-Saint-Bernard has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Bernard: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bourg-Saint-Bernard.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 58 residents of Bourg-Saint-Bernard died, against 84 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bourg-Saint-Bernard is Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud, 8.8 mi away. The town has 2 family doctors. Life expectancy in Haute-Garonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025); France averages 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.63/m² a month. The market in Bourg-Saint-Bernard: 31 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 94% of what sold.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
44% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 20%, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 16% of residents.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bourg-Saint-Bernard | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €29,270 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Unemployment is 7.5%. Bourg-Saint-Bernard holds 200 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Bourg-Saint-Bernard has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The protected list starts in the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Bourg-Saint-Bernard. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bourg-Saint-Bernard as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Bourg-Saint-Bernard is a commune of 1,125 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres du Lauragais. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Saint-Bernard | 1,125 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Verfeil | 3,954 | 4.7 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A |
| Caraman | 2,513 | 5.3 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Drémil-Lafage | 2,608 | 5.6 | — | C− | — | B |
| Sainte-Foy-d'Aigrefeuille | 2,576 | 6.4 | — | C− | — | A− |
| Lavaur Tarn | 10,965 | 8.4 | A− | B | B− | B+ |
| Gragnague | 2,553 | 8.6 | — | B− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bourg-Saint-Bernard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bourg-Saint-Bernard grades A− 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 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.