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Some 12,954 people live in this town, in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
A solid town with one catch. Its strongest subject is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. With a B+ overall, Fonsorbes sits #37 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. That leaves it better than 69% of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,623/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo. Getting around depends on the car: 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Fonsorbes 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 one thing Fonsorbes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fonsorbes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de la Cassagnère, in Cugnaux, 5.7 mi away.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Fonsorbes 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 Fonsorbes.
Under 15: 19% of residents. Retirement age and beyond: 15% of residents are 65 or older. Half the people of Fonsorbes are older than 42.2.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Fonsorbes | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 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.
Women in Haute-Garonne live to 86.4 on average and men to 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Fonsorbes records 77 deaths per 100 expected, near Haute-Garonne’s towns (80) and lower than compared French towns (88). 679 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 765: 11% below. The nearest emergency department to Fonsorbes is Clinique D Occitanie, 7.4 mi away.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
4.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 7.8%, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Fonsorbes has 2,400 jobs for 6,350 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Fonsorbes, 99.0% passed the bac, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one. School results put the town #33 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CantelauzeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 84%−9 pts |
| Lycée général Clémence RoyerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 318 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Fonsorbes sell for €2,821/m² and apartments for €2,344/m². 397 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,623/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €11.54/m² a month, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,821/m² | 269 |
| Apartments | €2,344/m² | 128 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Fonsorbes were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.5 cases of violence against people and 13.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). All told, Fonsorbes had 295 recorded offenses in 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 go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Fonsorbes. Best known first.
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Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fonsorbes yet.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Fonsorbes is a commune of 12,954 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonsorbes | 12,954 | — | B+ | C+ | B | A− |
| Fontenilles | 5,906 | 1.9 | A | B | A+ | A− |
| Saint-Lys | 9,892 | 2.9 | C+ | C+ | B | C |
| La Salvetat-Saint-Gilles | 8,511 | 3.2 | A | B− | B+ | A+ |
| Plaisance-du-Touch | 21,079 | 3.7 | B+ | C+ | B | A− |
| Léguevin | 9,945 | 4.1 | B+ | B | B− | B |
| Seysses | 10,539 | 4.5 | C− | C+ | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #47 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 54 burglaries and 85 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #33 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. The lycée stands out: 99% of 318 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Clémence Royer in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,623/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fonsorbes 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.