Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is another plus: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (C): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 13.5% unemployment. The overall grade comes out at A−, #24 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. Nationally, it does better than just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Revel 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Revel.
HealthHealth A
Revel loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 72 per 100 expected, below Haute-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,322 residents of Revel died, against 1,644 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Revel is Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite, 10.2 mi away. In Haute-Garonne, women can expect to live 86.4 years and men 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 14 GPs practise here.
−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw80
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
14
GPs in Revel · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite
14.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Revel skews older, with 33% of residents 65 or over, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns
28% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Revel is 52.6.
52.6median age
RevelHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Revel has higher unemployment than Haute-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 13.5%
Median disposable income comes to €23,710 a year per consumption unit. 17.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot10%
Bicycle5%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,100
jobs based in Revel, 1.5 per working resident
13.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
6 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2019
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is bridges and other works: 4 of 6. Among the classé monuments in Revel is Halle, actuellement office du tourisme. Per 10,000 residents, Revel counts 6.1 protected monuments, above both Haute-Garonne’s towns (1.5) and compared French towns (2.5). Since 2019, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Revel costs less than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.96/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
327 sales of houses and apartments in Revel, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,903/m². Houses in Revel sell for €1,934/m² and apartments for €1,667/m². Among the homes sold, 87% were houses.
€1,903/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Revel€1,903/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Garonne median€2,675/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,934/m²
286
Apartments
€1,667/m²
41
€8.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €11.51/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.55/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Aux sources du Canal du Midi
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Revel has more crime per resident than 56% of compared French towns
With 5,100 jobs for 3,450 working residents, Revel draws people in from neighbouring communes. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.6 cases of violence against people and 16.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 240 offenses were reported in Revel during 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
6.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage61
Burglary59
Family violence35
Theft from vehicles31
Vehicle theft22
Other physical violence19
Sexual violence13
Drug use84
Fraud75
Theft without violence68
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.
6.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
240
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.3% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
97% of candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Vincent Auriol, a point below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 94% of 48 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. The town’s pupils have a collège 6.9 mi away.
Pont du Riat: Photo: Python72 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Epanchoir du Laudot (également sur commune de Saint-Félix-Lauragais): Photo: Dominique Repérant · CC BY-SA 4.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Revel
Is Revel safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #57 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 59 burglaries and 61 acts of criminal damage.
Is Revel expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,903/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Revel grades B+ for cost of living.
About Revel
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Revel is a commune of 9,762 people in the Communauté de communes Aux sources du Canal du Midi. 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
9,762 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aux sources du Canal du Midi
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.
