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Population 6,760: a town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie. Over-65s are only 12% of the population.
Merville’s grades pull in different directions. Safety is its strong suit: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its overall grade is B−, better than 54% of compared French towns. That places it #52 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (C): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes sell for a median €2,428/m², so 70 m² costs 6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Hauts-Tolosans.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
The one thing Merville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Merville 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Merville: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
Jean-Pierre Castillon, born in 1828, is the one person born in Merville before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Merville.
Graduates make up two in five adults. People 65 and over make up just over a tenth of the town, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%). At 36.9, the median resident of Merville sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Merville | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
On the Safety Grade, Merville ranks 2nd of the 85 compared towns in Haute-Garonne. The 2025 count: 62 offenses locally. Of the graded crimes here, family violence came up most often (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 · When other physical violence, armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (8.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Merville has 5 family doctors. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 104 per 100 expected, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 321 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 335, 4% more. 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.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Jobs located in Merville: 1,200, for 3,250 residents in work (0.4 each). Of those in the labour force, 8.4% are unemployed. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Merville went to work by public transport.
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.
For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away. By results, schools here place #57 of 91 in Haute-Garonne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Germaine TillionNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 178 | 90%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 18th century. 5.7% of its homes were built before 1919, 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,428/m², comes from 217 sales of houses and apartments in Merville from July 2023 to June 2026. In Merville, houses go for €2,448/m² and apartments for €2,381/m². Houses accounted for 74% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,448/m² | 160 |
| Apartments | €2,381/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Merville. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Mervillein townGardenGardenLabyrinthe de Mervillein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beillardin townTheme parkTheme parkPitchoun parc3.7 km north, in GrenadeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rochemontès4.8 km east, in SeilhPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of Merville’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Merville.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merville | 6,760 | — | B− | B− | A+ | D |
| Daux | 2,643 | 2.8 | — | B | — | C+ |
| Aussonne | 7,997 | 3 | B | C− | B− | A− |
| Grenade | 9,062 | 3.1 | C+ | B | B | D |
| Mondonville | 6,060 | 3.7 | D | C | C | C− |
| Saint-Jory | 8,662 | 4 | C+ | C | C+ | B− |
| Seilh | 3,356 | 4.1 | B+ | C− | B− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 85 in Haute-Garonne.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #57 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 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 €2,428/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.65/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Merville grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Merville is a commune of 6,760 people in the Communauté de communes des Hauts-Tolosans. 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
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.