Tarn has 314 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 27 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 50 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
The median ranked town in Tarn grades highest on health and schools against towns across France, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in Tarn against French towns · the line marks the median French town
How the towns Tarn grade overall20 ranked towns
A10B9C1
10 of 20 (50%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
With the 27 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 314 communes of Tarn, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Puygouzon ranks first of 20 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A) and jobs & income (A) are its strongest grades; walkability (D) is its lowest. Saïx and Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe follow.
How do the biggest towns in Tarn grade?
Albi (51,290 people) grades B overall, with its best grade in walkability. Castres (42,505 people) grades B− overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Tarn, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Tarn on TownRatings?
Yes: all 314 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 27 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 50 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 237 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Aiguefonde and Arthès and Cagnac-les-Mines and Coufouleux and 3 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.
