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The town has 1,081 residents and lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. Health is a strength too (A−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its schools fall short (C−): bac results 4.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.6 points below the expected rate. Walkability is weaker too (C−).
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pin-Balma 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 Pin-Balma 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.
Pin-Balma 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 Pin-Balma as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Briqueterie du domaine de Miremont, in Launaguet, 4.4 mi away.
3.6% 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 Pin-Balma.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haute-Garonne: 86.4 years for women, 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 164 deaths in Pin-Balma between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 154: 7% above. The nearest emergency department to Pin-Balma is Clinique de L Union, 2 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Unemployment runs at 5.4%. At the census, 8.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haute-Garonne’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 79% of 146 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Collège pupils travel 1.1 mi to the nearest one. At the general lycée, 92% of 464 candidates passed the bac, 4 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul CézanneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 93%−3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique Stéphane HesselNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 464 | 92%−4 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.
House rents are put at about €13.88/m² a month. The sales split: 68% houses, the rest apartments. Pin-Balma recorded 25 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, higher than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 15% of the town. The age that splits Pin-Balma in two is 49.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Pin-Balma | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 57% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Pin-Balma. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Thégra2.8 km west, in BalmaChâteauChâteauChâteau de Clairac1.9 km southeast, in MonsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Mondouzil2.3 km east, in MondouzilChâteauChâteauChâteau de Péchauriole3.8 km south, in FlourensArt galleryArt galleryLa Mosaïque4.9 km northwest, in Saint-JeanPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Pin-Balma 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 Pin-Balma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pin-Balma | 1,081 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Montrabé | 4,473 | 1.3 | A | C− | A | A |
| Balma | 17,772 | 1.9 | B+ | D | C− | A |
| Quint-Fonsegrives | 6,133 | 2.9 | A | D | B− | A |
| Saint-Jean | 11,261 | 3 | B+ | C− | B+ | B |
| L'Union | 12,638 | 3.3 | B− | D | C− | A |
| Castelmaurou | 4,524 | 3.6 | A+ | B | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pin-Balma has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 17.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Pin-Balma is a commune of 1,081 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) · 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.