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BruniquelTarn-et-Garonne

The town, home to 641 people, lies in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie.

Is Bruniquel a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Bruniquel is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 31% of homes.

What makes Bruniquel stand out

The one thing Bruniquel does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Site archéologique de la grotte de Bruniquel
Site archéologique de la grotte de Bruniquel · Classé · Photo: Luc-Henri Fage/SSAC · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bruniquel’s story

Bruniquel in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Bruniquel: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 8 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.

A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.

44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1840First protected: Ruines du château et fortifications avancées des châteaux
  • 2021Most recently protected: Site archéologique de la grotte de Bruniquel
  • 2023The protected historic area is created
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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Bruniquel: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 8 inscrit (the second level).

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Photo credits

Ruines du château et fortifications avancées des châteaux: Photo: Julien 31 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Site archéologique des quatre abris sous roche du château de Bruniquel: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Maffre: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bruniquel.

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Bruniquel, fewer than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns

52.7median age

Nearly two in five adults hold a degree, above Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6% of the population. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town.

BruniquelTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education39%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Bruniquel
BruniquelTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Under 1511%19%17%
15–246%10%11%
25–4421%22%23%
45–6435%26%26%
65+27%23%22%
No diploma18%22%19%
CAP or BEP20%26%26%
Baccalauréat15%19%18%
Higher education39%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Bruniquel: 44% were built before 1919, more than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns

10historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Bruniquel is Site archéologique de la grotte de Bruniquel. The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments here: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 8 inscrit (the second level).

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit8
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1840
first monument protected
2023
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
44%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Bruniquel has higher unemployment than Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 13.2%

8%walk, cycle or take transit

Per resident in work, Bruniquel counts 0.4 jobs (100 jobs, 250 workers). 7.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, just over a tenth of working residents in Bruniquel didn’t travel to work at all.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Bruniquel, 0.4 per working resident
13.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
12%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bruniquel than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.82/m² a month

€9.82/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Houses accounted for 96% of sales, apartments for the rest. 27 houses and apartments changed hands in Bruniquel from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bruniquel€9.82/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn-et-Garonne median€10.67/m²
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.17 to €11.80/m² a month)
€7.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bruniquel

12pages on Bruniquel
Nearby attractions

Châteaux de Bruniquel and 5 more in and around Bruniquel

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Bruniquel. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Famous people from Bruniquel

One notable person was born in Bruniquel.

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About Bruniquel

Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie

Bruniquel is a commune of 641 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

Population
641 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Quercy Vert-Aveyron
Département
Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
Région
Occitanie
Area
12.8 sq mi (33.2 km²)
INSEE code
82026

Bruniquel’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Tarn-et-Garonne →
NègrepelisseCaussadeSaint-Étienne-de-TulmontAlbiasMontaubanLisle-sur-TarnNègrepelisseCaussadeSaint-Étienne-de-TulmontAlbiasMontaubanLisle-sur-TarnBruniquel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bruniquel641—————
Nègrepelisse5,9176.7C+BAC−
Caussade6,8039CB−CC+
Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont4,0519.8—C+—C+
Albias3,24010B+BAB
Montauban62,94515C+B−C−C+
Lisle-sur-Tarn Tarn4,93915B+BA+A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 9, 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.