Buying in is costly (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. With a C+ overall, Cugnaux sits #74 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. That leaves it better than just over a third of compared French towns. Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is another plus — 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Cugnaux 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.
Château de la Cassagnère: Photo: Amiot Stéphane · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pavillon dit Louis XVI: Photo: Raphael.crochet · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cugnaux.
HealthHealth A
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Cugnaux run lower than in 91% of compared French towns
−30%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 27 general practitioners in Cugnaux. Its care home for older people (78 places) counts its residents as Cugnaux’s; allowing for it, deaths were 30% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,464 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,073, 27% fewer. Also worth knowing: 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw73
Adjusted70
Median town88
Expected100
27
GPs in Cugnaux · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Ambroise Pare Toulouse
4.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Ambroise Pare Toulouse
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Cugnaux has higher unemployment than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 11.9%
16%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 16.2% of commuters got to work without a car. Cugnaux has 5,900 jobs for 9,400 working residents, 0.6 per worker. The median disposable income was €26,300 a year per consumption unit, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport8%
Bicycle5%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
5,900
jobs based in Cugnaux, 0.6 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Median price in Cugnaux: €2,679/m²
€2,679/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Cugnaux: €2,797/m² for houses, €2,567/m² for apartments. Renting a house costs an estimated €11.49/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 753 homes in the town.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Cugnaux€2,679/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,797/m²
379
Apartments
€2,567/m²
374
€12.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.16 to €14.38/m² a month)
7.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Toulouse Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Cugnaux runs higher than in 73% of compared French towns
10.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Over 2025, Cugnaux logged 617 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10.4 cases of violence against people and 17 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage158
Family violence111
Theft from vehicles88
Other physical violence80
Burglary76
Vehicle theft72
Sexual violence32
Fraud159
Theft without violence157
Drug use68
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.
10.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
617
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Cugnaux than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 44% of adults
37.5median age
17% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents.
CugnauxHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education44%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
83.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the seven collèges within 5 km, 5 points below the expected rate
97%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Cugnaux, 94.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). For exam results, it comes #77 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments in Cugnaux, 2 classé
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
1.2% of its homes were built before 1919, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (3.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Cugnaux is Château de la Cassagnère. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century.
Cugnaux is a commune of 20,662 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
Population
20,662 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Toulouse Métropole
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5 sq mi (13.1 km²)
INSEE code
31157
Cugnaux’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Cugnaux
Is Cugnaux safe?
It grades C for safety, #66 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 76 burglaries and 158 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Cugnaux good?
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #77 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 96% of 419 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Henri Matisse in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Cugnaux expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.67/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cugnaux grades C for cost of living.
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.
