Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 5,784 residents and lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Fenouillet grades C− overall and ranks #82 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. On that grade it does better than just over a fifth of compared French towns. Safety lags: an average of 9.1 recorded violent incidents and 32.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also trails on cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (B+): 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Households here earn well: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 8.4% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Fenouillet 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 Fenouillet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Oratoire de Saint-Exupère, in Blagnac, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Fenouillet 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 Fenouillet.
Police and gendarmerie figures for Fenouillet show 275 offenses in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Fenouillet ranks 83rd of the 85 compared towns in Haute-Garonne. Jobs outnumber working residents in Fenouillet (3,250 to 2,650): it draws people in from around. In 2025, theft from vehicles led the graded crimes here.
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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
38% of adults hold a degree, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (40%) yet higher than compared French towns (30%). At 39.1, the median resident of Fenouillet sits in the middle of the age range. The under-15s are nearly a fifth of the population here.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Fenouillet | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 8.4%. At the census, 9.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
Apartments in Fenouillet sell for €2,373/m², houses for €2,745/m². Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 225 houses and apartments. Houses accounted for 54% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,745/m² | 121 |
| Apartments | €2,373/m² | 104 |
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.
Average lifespans in Haute-Garonne: 86.4 years for women, 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 420 deaths in Fenouillet from 2016 to 2025; there were 395, 6% fewer. There are 5 general practitioners here.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Fenouillet, 94.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #45 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. At the three general lycées, 98% of 584 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MitterrandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 84%−4 pts |
| Lycée général privé L'Annonciation PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 78 | 100%±0 pts |
| Collège Le Ferradou PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 132 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Fenouillet. Best known first.
AttractionConcorde3.7 km southwest, in Blagnac
AttractionATR 423.7 km southwest, in Blagnac
AttractionSud-Aviation SE 210 Caravelle3.8 km southwest, in Blagnac
MuseumAiles Anciennes Toulouse4 km southwest, in BlagnacAttractionAttractionAirbus A3403.6 km southwest, in BlagnacAttractionAttractionATR 723.7 km southwest, in BlagnacPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Fenouillet as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Fenouillet is a commune of 5,784 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenouillet | 5,784 | — | C− | C | D− | C |
| Saint-Alban | 6,534 | 1.2 | B− | C | D | A |
| Gagnac-sur-Garonne | 3,198 | 1.6 | A | C | A− | A |
| Beauzelle | 8,713 | 1.7 | C+ | C− | C | A− |
| Seilh | 3,356 | 1.8 | B+ | C− | B− | A+ |
| Aucamville | 9,623 | 1.8 | D | C− | C− | C+ |
| Fonbeauzard | 3,204 | 1.9 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety, #83 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #45 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 100% of 78 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général privé L'Annonciation in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.49/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Fenouillet 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 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.