Plaisance-du-Touch’s overall grade, B+, puts it better than 73% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #31 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. Health is its strong suit: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on jobs & income: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 8.1% unemployment. The trade-off is schools: bac results 1.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.1 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,878/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Ouest Toulousain. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Plaisance-du-Touch 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.
Château des Vitarelles: Photo: Monuments tale · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont sur le Touch: Photo: Monuments tale · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plaisance-du-Touch.
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Plaisance-du-Touch than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 48% of adults
40.6median age
21% are under 15, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents. The middle age in Plaisance-du-Touch is 40.6.
Plaisance-du-TouchHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education48%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth A−
Plaisance-du-Touch has a lower adjusted death rate than 78% of compared French towns
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
10 GPs practise in Plaisance-du-Touch. Its two care homes for older people (188 places) count their residents as Plaisance-du-Touch’s; allowing for them, deaths were 22% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,313 residents of Plaisance-du-Touch died, against 1,488 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Haute-Garonne is 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Plaisance-du-Touch · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Purpan Chu Toulouse
6.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopitaux Mere Enfants site Viguier Chu Toulouse
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Schools around Plaisance-du-Touch do less well than those of 61% of compared French towns
98%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Plaisance-du-Touch, 95.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 81% passed the bac pro, of 129 candidates. The town’s schools place #56 of 91 in Haute-Garonne on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1995
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 14th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.8% of the total, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (3.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1995.
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit3
14th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected
1995
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Per resident, Plaisance-du-Touch sees less crime than 59% of compared French towns
5.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Over 2025, Plaisance-du-Touch logged 457 recorded offenses. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.9 cases of violence against people and 13.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage109
Burglary81
Family violence78
Theft from vehicles72
Vehicle theft53
Sexual violence36
Other physical violence28
Fraud140
Theft without violence115
Drug use84
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.
5.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
457
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C+
Plaisance-du-Touch earns a C+ for cost of living
€2,878/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,878/m²: 591 houses and apartments sold in Plaisance-du-Touch between July 2023 and June 2026. A house in Plaisance-du-Touch goes for €3,044/m², an apartment for €2,609/m². Of the homes sold, 73% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plaisance-du-Touch€2,878/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,044/m²
429
Apartments
€2,609/m²
162
€12.74/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.06 to €14.68/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.80/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€30,100
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Ouest Toulousain
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Plaisance-du-Touch is better off than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €29,270 a year per consumption unit
12%walk, cycle or take transit
The unemployment rate here is 8.1%. Bus, tram or train carried 5.0% of working residents in Plaisance-du-Touch to work at the census. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Plaisance-du-Touch didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport5%
Bicycle5%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
5,800
jobs based in Plaisance-du-Touch, 0.6 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
Plaisance-du-Touch is a commune of 21,079 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Ouest Toulousain. 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
Population
21,079 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Ouest Toulousain
Département
Haute-Garonne (31)
Région
Occitanie
Area
10.3 sq mi (26.8 km²)
INSEE code
31424
Plaisance-du-Touch’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plaisance-du-Touch
Is Plaisance-du-Touch safe?
It grades B for safety, #45 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 81 burglaries and 109 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Plaisance-du-Touch good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #56 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. 98% of 390 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marie-Louise Dissard Françoise in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plaisance-du-Touch expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,878/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.74/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Plaisance-du-Touch grades C+ for cost of living.
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.
