Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie has a population of 1,201.
Bioule’s best grade is for health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,878/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Quercy Vert-Aveyron. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 29% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment.
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. Bioule 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 Bioule 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.
Bioule has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Bioule does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Bioule counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Bioule has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien château: Photo: Sourdin joel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bioule.
The unemployment rate comes to 6.9%. At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Bioule didn’t travel to work at all. Households’ median disposable income: €25,500 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Honoré FragonardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 86%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 77 residents of Bioule died, against 93 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bioule is Clinique du Pont de Chaume, 10 mi away. In Tarn-et-Garonne, women can expect to live 86.1 years and men 79.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 C− to A.
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 12% of residents. Half the people of Bioule are older than 43.1.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Bioule | Tarn-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bioule is Ancien château. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
34 sales of houses and apartments in Bioule, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,878/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.63/m² a month, about level with Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€10.67/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.05/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,878/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.1. The graded crime recorded most in Bioule was armed robbery (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 82.4% of the index here.
Heritage and family days out in and near Bioule. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Bioule.
Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
Bioule is a commune of 1,201 people in the Communauté de communes Quercy Vert-Aveyron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioule | 1,201 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Nègrepelisse | 5,917 | 2.1 | C+ | B | A | C− |
| Caussade | 6,803 | 4.2 | C | B− | C | C+ |
| Albias | 3,240 | 4.4 | B+ | B | A | B |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont | 4,051 | 5.2 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Montauban | 62,945 | 10 | C+ | B− | C− | C+ |
| Montbeton | 4,400 | 14 | B | B | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bioule has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,878/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bioule grades B− 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.