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Home to 40,882 people, this town lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
The picture is mixed. Safety is its weak spot: an average of 9 recorded violent incidents and 20 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Colomiers ranks #66 of 85 in Haute-Garonne, with a C+ overall. Set against the rest, it does better than 42% of compared French towns. Its strongest is walkability: nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It also does well on health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A 70 m² home at the median €2,726/m² costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Toulouse Métropole. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Colomiers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Colomiers 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 Colomiers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Amphithéâtre gallo-romain de Blagnac, in Toulouse, 3.4 mi away.
0.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Colomiers. Best known first.
ChurchBasilique Sainte Germaine de Pibrac3.9 km west, in Pibrac
ChâteauChâteau de Gramart3.4 km southeast, in TournefeuilleChâteauChâteauChâteau de Pibrac3.6 km west, in PibracTheme parkTheme parkAktiv'park3.4 km southwest, in Plaisance-du-TouchArt galleryArt galleryTerminal temporaire4.1 km northeast, in BlagnacPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Colomiers.
Colomiers has 33,050 jobs for 17,950 working residents, 1.8 per worker. 12.8% of the labour force were unemployed, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Colomiers didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 1,175 offenses in Colomiers. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.1% 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 median price, €2,726/m², comes from 1,371 sales of houses and apartments in Colomiers from July 2023 to June 2026. A house in Colomiers goes for €3,054/m², an apartment for €2,599/m². The estimated advertised rent is €13.10/m² a month, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,054/m² | 536 |
| Apartments | €2,599/m² | 835 |
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.
Its four care homes for older people (381 places) count their residents as Colomiers’; allowing for them, deaths were 21% below expected. 2,723 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 3,036: 10% below. In Haute-Garonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Colomiers can choose among 50 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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
People 65 and over make up 16% of the town. 44% of adults hold a degree, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. The middle age in Colomiers is 38.8.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Colomiers | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 416 candidates at 4 lycées. The bac pass rate near Colomiers is 93.6%, about level with compared French towns (92.9%) and below Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%). On school results, the town ranks #54 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VoltaireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 96%+13 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé ORT Maurice Grynfogel PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 48 | 96%±0 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé ORT Maurice Grynfogel PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 55 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Colomiers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Colomiers.
Jean-Jacques Santos: Eric fifi13, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colomiers | 40,882 | — | C+ | C− | C− | B+ |
| Tournefeuille | 30,168 | 2.1 | B− | C− | C | A+ |
| Cornebarrieu | 8,978 | 2.8 | C+ | C− | C− | B+ |
| Pibrac | 8,977 | 2.8 | B | C− | B− | A− |
| Blagnac | 27,604 | 3.5 | C+ | C− | D | A− |
| Plaisance-du-Touch | 21,079 | 3.7 | B+ | C+ | B | A− |
| La Salvetat-Saint-Gilles | 8,511 | 4 | A | B− | B+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #70 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 152 burglaries and 377 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #54 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 96% of 48 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé ORT Maurice Grynfogel in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,726/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Colomiers grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Colomiers is a commune of 40,882 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
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 8, 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.
