Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and C+ for walkability. 20% of homes here are second homes.
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. Montaigu-de-Quercy 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 Montaigu-de-Quercy 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 Notre-Dame-de-Gouts: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Pierre de Pervillac: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montaigu-de-Quercy.
Who lives here
An older town: 37% of people in Montaigu-de-Quercy are 65 or over, more than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns
58.5median age
Just over one in ten residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 5%, lower than both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 25% of adults.
Montaigu-de-QuercyTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
HousingCost of living A
Renting in Montaigu-de-Quercy costs less than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.68/m² a month
€1,474/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,474/m², lower than both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€1,863/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Montaigu-de-Quercy from July 2023 to June 2026: 77 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 97% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montaigu-de-Quercy€1,474/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn-et-Garonne median€1,863/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,565/m²
75
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.34 to €9.31/m² a month)
4.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,670
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Serres en Quercy
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Montaigu-de-Quercy keeps more of its old housing than Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Montaigu-de-Quercy has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Money is tighter in Montaigu-de-Quercy than in Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €22,160 a year per consumption unit
10%walk, cycle or take transit
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, between Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (11.6%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot8%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
550
jobs based in Montaigu-de-Quercy, 1.2 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 43% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Montaigu-de-Quercy has a lower adjusted death rate than 55% of compared French towns
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 229 deaths in Montaigu-de-Quercy from 2016 to 2025; there were 217, 5% fewer. Its care home for older people (23 places) counts its residents as Montaigu-de-Quercy’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Montaigu-de-Quercy is Ch Villeneuve Pole de Sante du Villeneuvois, 14.5 mi away. One GP practises in the town.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Montaigu-de-Quercy · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Villeneuve Pole de Sante du Villeneuvois
17 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Villeneuve Pole de Sante du Villeneuvois
86.1 · 79.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn-et-Garonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Montaigu-de-Quercy is a commune of 1,294 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Serres en Quercy. 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
1,294 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Serres en Quercy
Département
Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
Région
Occitanie
Area
29.6 sq mi (76.7 km²)
INSEE code
82117
Montaigu-de-Quercy’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 Montaigu-de-Quercy
Is Montaigu-de-Quercy safe?
Montaigu-de-Quercy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Montaigu-de-Quercy expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montaigu-de-Quercy grades A for cost of living.
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.
