Few extremes here. Residents’ health trails most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Rieumes’s overall grade, B−, puts it better than 47% of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #56 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. School results trail most towns: brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
What makes Rieumes stand out
The one thing Rieumes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rieumes 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 Rieumes.
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Rieumes run higher than in 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Rieumes is Clinique D Occitanie, 11.6 mi away. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Rieumes records 96 deaths per 100 expected. 470 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 421: 12% above. Women in Haute-Garonne live to 86.4 on average and men to 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Rieumes · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique D Occitanie
11.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique D Occitanie
86.4 · 82.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
The median disposable income in Rieumes is €25,020 a year per consumption unit, against €27,620 in Haute-Garonne’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
For its 1,550 residents in work, Rieumes has 1,250 jobs: 0.8 each. At the census, 9.5% 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. Of those in the labour force, 9.2% are unemployed.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot7%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,250
jobs based in Rieumes, 0.8 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 62% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Rieumes: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Haute-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Rieumes, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Per resident, Rieumes sees less crime than 58% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Rieumes was criminal damage (2025). Its tally for 2025: 72 recorded offenses. Graded property crimes ran at 10.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 9 (2023–2025 average).
9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Other physical violence17
Family violence15
Sexual violence11
Burglary9
Fraud28
Theft without violence25
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.
9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
72
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.3%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 6.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Rieumes than in Haute-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 27% of adults
Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. 16% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and below Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%). People aged 15 to 24 are 9.7% of the population.
46.9median age
RieumesHaute-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Rieumes
Is Rieumes safe?
It grades B for safety, #46 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Rieumes good?
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #68 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Rieumes expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,923/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Rieumes grades B for cost of living.
About Rieumes
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Rieumes is a commune of 3,517 people in the Communauté de communes Cœur de Garonne. 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
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.
