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The town has 1,243 residents and lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Montjoire’s strongest is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car: 13% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Montjoire 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.
Each subject compares Montjoire 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.
Montjoire has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Montjoire as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne tour de défense ou Tour du Moulin, in Villemur-sur-Tarn, 6.3 mi away.
17% 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 Montjoire.
2.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €29,460 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Garonne’s towns (€27,620) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. For its 600 residents in work, Montjoire has 200 jobs: 0.3 each. Of those in the labour force, 6.2% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.93/m² a month. 28 houses and apartments changed hands in Montjoire from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Montjoire is Clinique de L Union, 8.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 111 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 82, 26% fewer. Also worth knowing: in Haute-Garonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.1 (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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Among adults, 41% have a degree. The median resident of Montjoire is 45.6 years old. 21% of residents have reached 65.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Montjoire | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Montjoire is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montjoire yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montjoire | 1,243 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Bessières | 4,310 | 3.8 | B+ | C+ | A+ | B |
| Montberon | 3,158 | 4.6 | — | B | — | A− |
| Buzet-sur-Tarn | 2,963 | 4.9 | — | B− | — | A |
| Montastruc-la-Conseillère | 3,708 | 4.9 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A |
| Lapeyrouse-Fossat | 3,043 | 5.6 | A | C+ | A | A− |
| Pechbonnieu | 4,922 | 5.7 | A | B | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montjoire has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Montjoire is a commune of 1,243 people in the Communauté de communes des Coteaux du Girou. 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) · 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.