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Some 1,893 people live in this town, in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €2,683/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Coteaux du Girou. The local economy does well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Just 15% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Garidech has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Garidech 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.
Garidech has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Garidech does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Garidech, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Garidech has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garidech.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
85 deaths in Garidech between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 126: 33% below. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Garonne is 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Garidech is 97.6%, higher than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 1.6 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges BrassensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 161 | 96%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Simone de BeauvoirNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 326 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 20% of the population. Half the people of Garidech are older than 42.7.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Garidech | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,683/m², comes from 48 sales of houses and apartments in Garidech from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 94% were houses. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €11.91/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,692/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.6% of the total, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (3.5%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
6.5% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 7.0%, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Garidech. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Garidech yet.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Garidech is a commune of 1,893 people in the Communauté de communes des Coteaux du Girou. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garidech | 1,893 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Montastruc-la-Conseillère | 3,708 | 1.6 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A |
| Gragnague | 2,553 | 2.1 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Castelmaurou | 4,524 | 2.4 | A+ | B | A | A |
| Lapeyrouse-Fossat | 3,043 | 2.6 | A | C+ | A | A− |
| Montberon | 3,158 | 4 | — | B | — | A− |
| Saint-Jean | 11,261 | 4.2 | B+ | C− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Garidech has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. 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 €2,683/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.94/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Garidech grades B 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.