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Population 1,135: a town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Boussens’s strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability. The median price paid is €1,835/m².
Figures: 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. Boussens 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.
The 2 things Boussens does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boussens 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.
Boussens has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Boussens as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir dit Peyro-Hitto, in Saint-Martory, 2.9 mi away.
4.7% 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 Boussens.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 30 homes were sold in Boussens. Of the homes sold, 93% were houses. That is the middle of 30 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,675/m² for the median of compared towns in Haute-Garonne.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Boussens is Centre hospitalier Comminges Pyrenees site Saint Plancard, 13.6 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, Boussens’ deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, higher than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88). 96 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 97: 1% below. Women in Haute-Garonne live to 86.4 on average and men to 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Boussens holds 650 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 1.4 jobs each. Bus, tram or train carried 5.9% of working residents in Boussens to work at the census. Also worth knowing: 9.9% of the labour force were unemployed, higher than Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and above Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. Boussens has a median age of 45.7 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Boussens | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Boussens. Best known first.
Nothing in Boussens 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 Boussens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boussens | 1,135 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Cazères | 4,854 | 6.5 | C− | A− | D | C− |
| Rieux-Volvestre | 2,639 | 13 | A | A− | A | C− |
| Saint-Gaudens | 12,139 | 13 | C+ | A− | D | C+ |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre | 3,050 | 13 | B | A | A− | B− |
| Carbonne | 5,563 | 15 | C | B | C | B− |
| Saint-Girons Ariège | 6,008 | 16 | C | B+ | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Boussens 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 10.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Boussens grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Boussens is a commune of 1,135 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Garonne. 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.