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2,364 residents make their home in this town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is walkability — 62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saubens 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 Saubens 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.
Saubens has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Saubens does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Saubens, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Saubens has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Raphael.crochet · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saubens.
16% of residents are 65 or over, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: a fifth of residents. The median resident of Saubens is 42.7 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Saubens | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.2% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saubens records 78 deaths per 100 expected, near Haute-Garonne’s towns (80) and lower than compared French towns (88). 109 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 140: 22% below. Women in Haute-Garonne live to 86.4 on average and men to 82.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 3 family doctors.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
7.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Haute-Garonne’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.5% of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs based in Saubens number 200, against 1,150 residents in work (0.2 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Saubens: 61 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.20/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 89% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,856/m² | 54 |
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.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Before 1919: that is when 4.3% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Saubens is 94.6%, between Haute-Garonne’s towns (96.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 1.2 mi away. At the three general lycées, 97% of 1,113 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louisa PaulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 182 | 81%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Pierre VernantNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 395 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Joseph Niel PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 137 | 99%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Saubens. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Berthier5 km northeast, in PinsaguelChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rudelle4.7 km southwest, in MuretMuseumMuseumMusée Clément-Ader2.9 km southwest, in MuretChâteauChâteauCentre François Mitterrand2.4 km north, in RoquettesArt galleryArt galleryLa ruée vers l'art3.1 km southwest, in MuretPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saubens yet.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Saubens is a commune of 2,364 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saubens | 2,364 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Roquettes | 4,280 | 1.4 | A− | C+ | A | A− |
| Pins-Justaret | 4,378 | 1.9 | B+ | C | B | B+ |
| Roques | 5,436 | 2.1 | C | C | D | B |
| Muret | 26,079 | 2.1 | C+ | B− | C | B− |
| Pinsaguel | 2,786 | 2.5 | A | C | B+ | A− |
| Labarthe-sur-Lèze | 6,585 | 2.7 | B+ | C+ | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saubens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 395 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Pierre Vernant in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.33/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saubens grades C for cost of living.
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 4, 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.