Longages’s grades pull in different directions. Police record less crime here than in most towns: an average of 1.7 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The trade-off is schools — brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,277/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Volvestre. Incomes are on the low side (C): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. Overall, that makes a B+, good for #41 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. On that grade it does better than 66% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, 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 Longages 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 Sainte-Marie: Photo: Paternel 1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Longages.
Who lives here
A town of families: 22% of people in Longages are under 15, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
39.3median age
Graduates make up 34% of adults. 16% of residents are 65 or over, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Line up the people of Longages by age and the one in the middle is 39.3.
LongagesHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Exam results around Longages trail 73% of compared French towns
87.0%passed the brevetCSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #78 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. The town’s pupils have a collège 1 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.3 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Longages than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.1%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Longages didn’t travel to work at all. Median disposable income comes to €26,090 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
450
jobs based in Longages, 0.3 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 38% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Longages: 12% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Longages is Château Sainte-Marie. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Longages sees fewer deaths than 60% of compared French towns
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Longages is Clinique D Occitanie, 9.2 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 212 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 180, 15% fewer. Adjusted mortality locally: 85 deaths for every 100 expected. 3 GPs practise in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Longages · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique D Occitanie
9.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique D Occitanie
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Longages costs less than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.29/m² a month
€2,277/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,277/m², comes from 110 sales of houses and apartments in Longages from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 86% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Longages€2,277/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,321/m²
95
€10.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.35 to €12.69/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,650
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Volvestre
Longages is a commune of 3,392 people in the Communauté de communes du Volvestre. 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
3,392 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Volvestre
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
8.3 sq mi (21.5 km²)
INSEE code
31303
Longages’ 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 Longages
Is Longages safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Longages good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #78 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Longages expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,277/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Longages grades B 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.
