Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, this town has 1,861 residents.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.5% unemployment. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C).
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Mons 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.
The one thing Mons does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mons 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.
Mons has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Bonrepos, in Bonrepos-Riquet, 5.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mons.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 97% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 30 homes were sold in Mons. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €13.88/m² a month.
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 121 deaths in Mons from 2016 to 2025; there were 96, 21% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Mons records 79 deaths per 100 expected, close to Haute-Garonne’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). In Haute-Garonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Mons have one GP on hand.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
5.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly one in ten commuters travelled at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, near Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and lower than compared French towns (22%). 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Ages in Mons split evenly at 45.5: half are older, half younger.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Mons | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.9% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 12% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 62% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul CézanneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 93%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Mons. Best known first.
Nothing in Mons is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Mons as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mons | 1,861 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Drémil-Lafage | 2,608 | 1.9 | — | C− | — | B |
| Quint-Fonsegrives | 6,133 | 2.7 | A | D | B− | A |
| Montrabé | 4,473 | 3.1 | A | C− | A | A |
| Balma | 17,772 | 3.5 | B+ | D | C− | A |
| Saint-Orens-de-Gameville | 14,646 | 4.6 | B+ | C− | B− | B+ |
| Gragnague | 2,553 | 4.8 | — | B− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mons 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 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.84/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mons grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Mons is a commune of 1,861 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
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.