Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Brax’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at A−, #22 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. Nationally, it does better than 84% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Brax 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 2 things Brax does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Brax; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1946.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Brax has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brax.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
4 GPs practise in Brax. 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. 146 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 200: 27% below.
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.
The under-15s are 20% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Brax in two is 44.5.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Brax | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 54% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
55 offenses were reported in Brax during 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 12.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.1 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in the town.
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 12.6% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
7.2% of the labour force were unemployed, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 300 jobs are based in Brax, for 1,400 working residents (0.2 per worker). Public transport took 8.3% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Brax from July 2023 to June 2026: 63 houses and apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €11.65/m² a month, near Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.93/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,081/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #25 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. The closest collège is 1.5 mi off. At the general lycée, 98% of 326 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège forain François VerdierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 208 | 88%−6 pts |
| Lycée d'enseignement général et technologique Nelson MandelaNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 326 | 98%−1 pt |
| Collège de la Salle PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 174 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.7% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage in and near Brax. Best known first.
ChurchBasilique Sainte Germaine de Pibrac3.5 km east, in PibracChâteauChâteauChâteau de Pibrac3.8 km east, in PibracChâteauChâteauChâteau de La Salvetat-Saint-Gilles4.8 km southeast, in La Salvetat-Saint-GillesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Brax yet.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Brax is a commune of 3,037 people in the Toulouse Métropole. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brax | 3,037 | — | A− | C | B+ | A |
| Léguevin | 9,945 | 1.1 | B+ | B | B− | B |
| Pibrac | 8,977 | 1.7 | B | C− | B− | A− |
| La Salvetat-Saint-Gilles | 8,511 | 2.9 | A | B− | B+ | A+ |
| Plaisance-du-Touch | 21,079 | 4.4 | B+ | C+ | B | A− |
| Mondonville | 6,060 | 4.4 | D | C | C | C− |
| Colomiers | 40,882 | 4.5 | C+ | C− | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #35 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns and #25 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Brax grades C 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.