Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,587 people call this town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie home.
Montgiscard’s strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment. At €2,757/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Sicoval. Health is a strength too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B− for walkability.
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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Montgiscard 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 Montgiscard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montgiscard 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.
Montgiscard has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Montgiscard has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Alexandre Fourtanier, born in 1805, is the one person born in Montgiscard before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montgiscard.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 142 residents of Montgiscard died, against 190 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Montgiscard is Clinique Capio la Croix du Sud Groupe Ramsay Sante, 9.2 mi away. In Haute-Garonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. This Haute-Garonne town has 7 family doctors.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Over-65s are 18% of the population. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.4%, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. 20% of residents are children under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Montgiscard | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 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.
The closest collège is 2.2 mi off. For exam results, it comes #22 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. General-bac pupils go 5.8 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Paul LaurensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 169 | 94%−3 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.
Behind the median of €2,757/m²: 77 houses and apartments sold in Montgiscard between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €13.02/m² a month. The sales split: 91% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,782/m² | 70 |
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.
Homes built before 1919 account for nearly a tenth of the housing. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 7.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Half of residents lived on more than €30,470 a year per consumption unit, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Montgiscard. Best known first.
Montgiscard has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-André: Photo: AlNo (discuter/talk/hablar/falar) · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Montgiscard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgiscard | 2,587 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Ayguesvives | 2,812 | 2 | A | B+ | B+ | B− |
| Baziège | 3,583 | 2.4 | A+ | B | A+ | B |
| Escalquens | 6,924 | 4.5 | A | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Castanet-Tolosan | 15,317 | 5.3 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Labège | 4,392 | 5.6 | B− | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Venerque | 2,974 | 6.3 | A− | C | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montgiscard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 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 64% of compared French towns and #22 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 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 €2,757/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.68/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Montgiscard grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Montgiscard is a commune of 2,587 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Sicoval. 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.