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MarsacTarn-et-Garonne

178 people call this town in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie home.

Is Marsac a good place to live?

There are no grades for Marsac: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 14% of its housing. It skews older: nearly a third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Marsac stand out

The 2 things Marsac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Château
Château · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsac’s story

Marsac in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Marsac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.

49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Perpétue de Marsac, born in 1845, is the one person born in Marsac before 1900 that Wikidata records.

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Landmarks

The list names few of Marsac’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marsac.

Who lives here

Children make up only 8.9% of Marsac, fewer than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and across compared French towns

54.6median age

People 65 and over make up 32% of the town, higher than both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Half of Marsac is older than 54.6, half younger.

MarsacTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education24%

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 Marsac
MarsacTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Under 158.9%19%17%
15–249.5%10%11%
25–4414%22%23%
45–6436%26%26%
65+32%23%22%
No diploma20%22%19%
CAP or BEP32%26%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education24%24%30%

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

History

Marsac keeps more of its old housing than Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 49% built before 1919

2historic monuments

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

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Marsac: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1
13th c.
oldest protected part
1979
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Marsac, 6.0%, runs below Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns

7%walk, cycle or take transit

Jobs based in Marsac number 50, against 50 residents in work (0.4 per worker). 7.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (8.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, a tenth of working residents in Marsac didn’t travel to work at all.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
Public transport6%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Marsac, 0.4 per working resident
6.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
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 Marsac than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.32/m² a month

€9.32/m²estimated apartment rent a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 6 homes were sold in Marsac.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Marsac€9.32/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn-et-Garonne median€10.67/m²
€9.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.29 to €11.91/m² a month)
€7.99/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 Marsac

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Famous people from Marsac

One notable person was born in Marsac.

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About Marsac

Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie

Marsac is a commune of 178 people in the Communauté de communes de la Lomagne Tarn-et-Garonnaise. 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
178 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Lomagne Tarn-et-Garonnaise
Département
Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.8 sq mi (15 km²)
INSEE code
82104

Marsac’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 →
Beaumont-de-LomagneLectoureFleuranceValenceLayracCastelsarrasinBeaumont-de-LomagneLectoureFleuranceValenceLayracCastelsarrasinMarsac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Marsac178—————
Beaumont-de-Lomagne3,8248.9BAC+C+
Lectoure Gers3,6709.8AB+A+B
Fleurance Gers6,24711C+A−C+B+
Valence5,28912CA−C−C
Layrac Lot-et-Garonne4,01016AB+AB
Castelsarrasin14,34316C−B−CB−

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 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.