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Home to 1,007 people, this town lies in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools, B for jobs & income and B for walkability. It has 1,950 jobs for 500 working residents.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Golfech 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.
The one thing Golfech does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Golfech 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.
Golfech 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 Golfech as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne halle aux grains, in Auvillar, 3.8 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Golfech. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Golfech.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are nearly a fifth of the town. Graduates make up 18% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Golfech | Tarn-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 23 homes were sold in Golfech.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Golfech is Ch Intercommunal Castelsarrasin Moissac site Moissac, 11.5 mi away. 58 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 70: 17% below. In Tarn-et-Garonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.1 years for women and 79.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. One GP practises in the town.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RostandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 171 | 82%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean BayletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 93 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €23,940 a year per consumption unit, about level with Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€23,815) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 3.5% of Golfech’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Golfech is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Golfech.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golfech | 1,007 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Valence | 5,289 | 1.8 | C | A− | C− | C |
| Layrac Lot-et-Garonne | 4,010 | 10 | A | B+ | A | B |
| Boé Lot-et-Garonne | 5,846 | 11 | B+ | C+ | B− | B |
| Bon-Encontre Lot-et-Garonne | 6,530 | 11 | A− | B− | A− | B |
| Moissac | 13,419 | 12 | C+ | B | C+ | B |
| Pont-du-Casse Lot-et-Garonne | 4,191 | 12 | A | B | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Golfech has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 93 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Baylet in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
Golfech is a commune of 1,007 people in the Communauté de communes des Deux Rives. 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.