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The town has 1,492 residents and lies in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is a strength too (A) — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 3.9% unemployment. Where it falls short is walkability: 44% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,601/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Frontonnais.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Vacquiers 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 Vacquiers 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.
Vacquiers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vacquiers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne tour de défense ou Tour du Moulin, in Villemur-sur-Tarn, 5.6 mi away.
11% 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 Vacquiers.
Households’ median disposable income: €30,200 a year per consumption unit. 3.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Haute-Garonne’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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. 80 deaths in Vacquiers between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 115: 31% below. The nearest emergency department to Vacquiers is Clinique de L Union, 9.4 mi away. The town has one family doctor.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, between Haute-Garonne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Vacquiers by age and the one in the middle is 43.9. One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Vacquiers | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,601/m²: 33 houses and apartments sold in Vacquiers between July 2023 and June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.86/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.66/m² a month, about level with Haute-Garonne’s towns (€12.27/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,601/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Vacquiers 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 Vacquiers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacquiers | 1,492 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Bouloc | 4,618 | 3.4 | A | B | A+ | B |
| Montberon | 3,158 | 4.6 | — | B | — | A− |
| Gratentour | 4,906 | 5.1 | B− | C | A | B+ |
| Bruguières | 6,202 | 5.2 | B+ | C | B− | B |
| Pechbonnieu | 4,922 | 5.3 | A | B | A | A |
| Villemur-sur-Tarn | 6,345 | 5.4 | C+ | B− | B+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vacquiers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,601/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vacquiers grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Vacquiers is a commune of 1,492 people in the Communauté de communes du Frontonnais. 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) · 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.