Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,148 people, lies in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie.
Escatalens’s best grade is for cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Incomes are on the low side (C−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.5% unemployment. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is hard to get around without a car: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Escatalens 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 Escatalens 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.
Escatalens has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Escatalens as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien pont suspendu, in Bourret, 2.7 mi away.
27% 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 Escatalens.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Escatalens recorded 28 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 96% of what sold.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €24,730 a year per consumption unit, close to Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€23,815) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 111 deaths in Escatalens from 2016 to 2025; there were 147, 33% more. Adjusted mortality locally: 97 deaths for every 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Escatalens is Centre hospitalier de Montauban, 8.4 mi away. Also worth knowing: women in Tarn-et-Garonne live to 86.1 on average and men to 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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
29% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (24%). Retirement age and beyond: 21% of residents are 65 or older. Residents of Escatalens have a median age of 42.7.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Escatalens | Tarn-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 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
Other places to visit and museums in and near Escatalens. Best known first.
Nothing in Escatalens is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Escatalens.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escatalens | 1,148 | — | — | A− | — | C |
| Montech | 6,663 | 2.8 | B+ | B− | B | A |
| La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple | 3,358 | 3.7 | B− | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Montbeton | 4,400 | 4.5 | B | B | A+ | C |
| Castelsarrasin | 14,343 | 5.6 | C− | B− | C | B− |
| Bressols | 4,036 | 6.7 | A | B− | A− | A− |
| Montauban | 62,945 | 8.7 | C+ | B− | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Escatalens has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
Escatalens is a commune of 1,148 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Montauban. 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) · 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.