Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 11,271 people live in this town, in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Castelginest’s grades pull in different directions. School results trail most towns: brevet results 5.2 points below the expected rate. Its overall C+ puts it #67 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. It comes out better than just over two fifths of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Castelginest 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 no building in Castelginest as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Launaguet, in Launaguet, 1.6 mi away.
1.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Castelginest is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Castelginest.
Per resident in work, Castelginest counts 0.4 jobs (1,850 jobs, 5,100 workers). At the census, 7.0% of working residents in Castelginest went to work by public transport. The median disposable income is €26,730 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Castelginest, 86.1% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with compared French towns (87.5%) and below Haute-Garonne’s towns (88.4%). The nearest collège is 0.7 mi away. School results put the town #87 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques MaureNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 153 | 89%−3 pts |
| Collège Jean DieuzaideBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 212 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The police record for Castelginest lists 207 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.2 (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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Castelginest: €2,922/m² for houses, €2,585/m² for apartments. Among the homes sold, 61% were houses. The town recorded 402 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,922/m² | 247 |
| Apartments | €2,585/m² | 155 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 38% of adults, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) but above compared French towns (30%). Castelginest has a median age of 41.6 years. A fifth of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Castelginest | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (90 places) counts its residents as Castelginest’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. Life expectancy in Haute-Garonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The town has 11 family doctors.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Castelginest as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Castelginest is a commune of 11,271 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castelginest | 11,271 | — | C+ | C | B+ | B |
| Fonbeauzard | 3,204 | 0.9 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Alban | 6,534 | 1.1 | B− | C | D | A |
| Aucamville | 9,623 | 1.6 | D | C− | C− | C+ |
| Pechbonnieu | 4,922 | 1.6 | A | B | A | A |
| Launaguet | 9,173 | 1.8 | C+ | C | C− | A |
| Gratentour | 4,906 | 1.9 | B− | C | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #30 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 57 burglaries and 50 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #87 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.36/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Castelginest 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.