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4,922 people call this town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie home.
Pechbonnieu’s strongest is safety: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It is strong on health as well (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The catch is schools: brevet results 5.3 points below the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,894/m² takes 6.4 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Coteaux Bellevue. All told, that adds up to an A overall, better than 92% of compared French towns. That places it #10 of 85 in Haute-Garonne.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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 Pechbonnieu does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pechbonnieu 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 →
Pechbonnieu has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1950.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pechbonnieu.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 60 offenses in Pechbonnieu in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (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 · For sexual violence and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 5.6% 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.
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. 409 deaths in Pechbonnieu between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 400: 2% above. The nearest emergency department to Pechbonnieu is Clinique de L Union, 4.8 mi away.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Pechbonnieu is 86.4%, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (88.4%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 4.9 mi away. The town’s schools place #86 of 91 in Haute-Garonne on results.
| 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
20% are under 15, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 16% of the population. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.8% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pechbonnieu | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.26/m² a month. Sales in Pechbonnieu from July 2023 to June 2026: 121 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 84% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,939/m² | 102 |
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 from before 1919 make up 2.9% of the total, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (3.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Pechbonnieu is Vestiges de l'ancien château. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
7.3% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Pechbonnieu: 1,250, for 2,300 residents in work (0.5 each). Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Pechbonnieu. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau de Launaguet3.9 km south, in LaunaguetChâteauChâteauChâteau du Fossat4.4 km southeast, in Lapeyrouse-FossatPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of Pechbonnieu’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pechbonnieu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pechbonnieu | 4,922 | — | A | B | A | A |
| Montberon | 3,158 | 1.2 | — | B | — | A− |
| Gratentour | 4,906 | 1.5 | B− | C | A | B+ |
| Castelginest | 11,271 | 1.6 | C+ | C | B+ | B |
| Fonbeauzard | 3,204 | 2.5 | B− | C | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Alban | 6,534 | 2.6 | B− | C | D | A |
| Bruguières | 6,202 | 2.7 | B+ | C | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #10 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #86 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.70/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pechbonnieu grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Pechbonnieu is a commune of 4,922 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.