Moissac’s lowest grade is for jobs & income: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 17.7% unemployment. Safety is weaker too: an average of 9.8 recorded violent incidents and 14.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At €1,403/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Terres des Confluences. Health outcomes beat most towns: 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 overall grade comes out at C+, #11 of 16 in Tarn-et-Garonne. Set against the rest, it does better than 44% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Moissac 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.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne abbaye de Moissac: Photo: Abxbay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre et son cloître: Photo: Abxbay · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moissac.
History
Moissac: 12 historic monuments, 4 classé
12historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Moissac has 8.9 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (5.8) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Among the classé monuments here is Église Saint-Martin. Its heritage reaches back to the 3rd century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Older residents shape Moissac: 27% are 65 or over, above Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
46.3median age
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2% of the town. 21% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Moissac is 46.3.
MoissacTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn-et-Garonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than Moissac’s ages would predict, 83 per 100 expected, under Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
−17%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Tarn-et-Garonne: 86.1 years for women and 79.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 1,652 residents of Moissac died, against 1,861 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. Also worth knowing: the town has 9 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted83
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Moissac · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Intercommunal Castelsarrasin Moissac site Moissac
14.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Montauban
86.1 · 79.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Crime per resident in Moissac is higher than in 61% of compared French towns
9.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Moissac has 5,350 jobs for 4,400 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Police and gendarmerie recorded 304 offenses here in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Moissac (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage89
Family violence56
Sexual violence48
Other physical violence37
Burglary31
Theft from vehicles25
Vehicle theft18
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence79
Fraud69
Drug use11
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.
9.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
304
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B
Moissac’s grade for cost of living: a B
€1,403/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.40/m² a month, about level with Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€10.67/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 398 sales of houses and apartments in Moissac, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,403/m². The split locally: €1,458/m² for houses, €1,287/m² for apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Moissac€1,403/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn-et-Garonne median€1,863/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,458/m²
330
Apartments
€1,287/m²
68
€10.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.55 to €12.66/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.45/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Terres des Confluences
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
86.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2.5 points above the expected rate
95%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #6 of 11 in Tarn-et-Garonne. At the general lycée, 95% of 148 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
Christophe Rinero: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pierre Blaise: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-David Levitte: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Raymond de La Tailhède: Frédéric-Auguste Cazals, Public domain · Marius Barbarou: Jules Beau, Public domain · Romain Lopez: Anh De France, CC BY-SA 2.0
About Moissac
Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
Moissac is a commune of 13,419 people in the Communauté de communes Terres des Confluences. 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
13,419 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Terres des Confluences
Département
Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
Région
Occitanie
Area
33.2 sq mi (85.9 km²)
INSEE code
82112
Moissac’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Moissac
Is Moissac safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #12 of 16 in Tarn-et-Garonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 31 burglaries and 89 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Moissac good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #6 of 11 in Tarn-et-Garonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Moissac expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,403/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Moissac grades B for cost of living.
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