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A town in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, home to 2,974 people.
With an A− overall, Venerque sits #29 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. On that grade it does better than 77% of compared French towns. Its strongest subject is safety: an average of 1.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The local economy does well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,796/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Bassin Auterivain Haut-Garonnais.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Venerque does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Venerque 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.
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Venerque has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Venerque.
The police record for Venerque lists 40 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (21.2% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Haute-Garonne: 86.4 years for women and 82.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 197 residents of Venerque died, against 245 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. There are 7 general practitioners here.
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 less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.4 mi away. School results put the town #74 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel DoretNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 91%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,796/m², comes from 89 sales of houses and apartments in Venerque from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.79/m² a month. Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,865/m² | 83 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 7.3%. One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with Haute-Garonne’s towns (10.5%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Venerque didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median resident of Venerque is 43.4 years old. Retirement age and beyond: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 18%, lower than Haute-Garonne’s towns (19%) yet higher than compared French towns (17%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Venerque | Haute-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 18% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 13% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 40% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 8.2%. Among the classé monuments in Venerque is Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Phébade. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Venerque has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Phébade: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Venerque as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venerque | 2,974 | — | A− | C | A | B+ |
| Vernet | 3,381 | 1.1 | A− | C | A | B+ |
| Labarthe-sur-Lèze | 6,585 | 3 | B+ | C+ | B− | B+ |
| Lagardelle-sur-Lèze | 3,303 | 3.2 | — | C | — | B |
| Miremont | 2,838 | 4.3 | B | C+ | A | B+ |
| Pins-Justaret | 4,378 | 4.4 | B+ | C | B | B+ |
| Eaunes | 6,539 | 4.5 | B | C | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #15 of 85 in Haute-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #74 of 91 in Haute-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,796/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.12/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Venerque grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Venerque is a commune of 2,974 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin Auterivain Haut-Garonnais. 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.