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The town, home to 3,158 people, lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Households here earn well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment. Its weakest is schools: brevet results 4.3 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,883/m² takes 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Coteaux Bellevue.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Montberon has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Montberon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montberon 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.
Montberon has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Montberon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Launaguet, in Launaguet, 3.2 mi away.
4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montberon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Garonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Montberon come to 78 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 197 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 154, 22% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 43% of adults. Half of Montberon is older than 43.8, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Montberon | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 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.
Nearly nine in ten candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Montberon, near Haute-Garonne’s towns (88.4%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). Results rank its schools #67 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Collège pupils travel 1.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean DieuzaideNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 212 | 97%+2 pts |
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.
The estimated advertised rent is €11.56/m² a month, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 85% were houses. Sales in Montberon from July 2023 to June 2026: 91 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,884/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment is 5.8%. At the census, 5.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Montberon. Best known first.
Nothing in Montberon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Montberon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montberon | 3,158 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Pechbonnieu | 4,922 | 1.2 | A | B | A | A |
| Lapeyrouse-Fossat | 3,043 | 2.2 | A | C+ | A | A− |
| Gratentour | 4,906 | 2.4 | B− | C | A | B+ |
| Castelginest | 11,271 | 2.8 | C+ | C | B+ | B |
| Bruguières | 6,202 | 3.5 | B+ | C | B− | B |
| Fonbeauzard | 3,204 | 3.6 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montberon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns and #67 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montberon grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Montberon is a commune of 3,158 people in the Communauté de communes des Coteaux Bellevue. 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.