Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 5,563 residents in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Schools lag: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Homes are affordable (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Put together, the subjects come to a C overall, ranking #77 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. That leaves it better than 30% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Carbonne 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Carbonne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1965.
Wikidata records 4 people born in Carbonne before 1900, the earliest Joseph-Étienne Projean, in 1752.
The list names few of Carbonne’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Pigeonnier dit colombier du Grilhon: Photo: Père Igor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carbonne.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 9.6 mi away. On school results, the town ranks #85 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André AbbalNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 96 | 88%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 12.4 violent offenses and 15.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 181 offenses reached the police record in Carbonne in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 · Small counts of armed robbery and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Carbonne, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €2,168/m², lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€2,675/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house in Carbonne goes for €2,286/m², an apartment for €2,038/m². 171 houses and apartments changed hands here from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,286/m² | 137 |
| Apartments | €2,038/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 31% of adults. 25% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%). Carbonne has a median age of 47.7 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Carbonne | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Carbonne has 2,800 jobs for 2,350 working residents, 1.2 per worker. Bus, tram or train carried 5.4% of working residents in Carbonne to work at the census. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and above Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Haute-Garonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 639 deaths in Carbonne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 627: 2% above. The nearest emergency department to Carbonne is Clinique D Occitanie, 12.7 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Carbonne can choose among 9 GPs.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Family days out, museums and other places to visit in and near Carbonne. Best known first.
6 notable people were born in Carbonne.
Alem Surre-Garcia: Unuaiga, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gabriel Pérès: Tamarispacha, CC BY-SA 3.0
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Carbonne is a commune of 5,563 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonne | 5,563 | — | C | B | C | B− |
| Rieux-Volvestre | 2,639 | 3.4 | A | A− | A | C− |
| Longages | 3,392 | 3.8 | B+ | B | A+ | B |
| Noé | 3,067 | 4.5 | A− | B− | A | A− |
| Bérat | 3,087 | 5.7 | B | B | A | C+ |
| Lavernose-Lacasse | 3,798 | 6.6 | A | B | A+ | B |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre | 3,050 | 6.7 | B | A | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #67 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #85 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Carbonne grades B 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.