Crime is the sore point: an average of 10.1 recorded violent incidents and 18.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,077/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Montauban. Where it does best is walkability: 66% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at C+, #13 of 16 in Tarn-et-Garonne. It comes out better than 38% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools, C+ for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Montauban 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-Jacques: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien palais épiscopal, ancien Hôtel de ville, actuellement musée Ingres: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancien pont: Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hôtel de Bar: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montauban.
History
Montauban: 43 historic monuments, 35 classé
43historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Most of the list is houses and mansions: 31 of 43. Among the classé monuments in Montauban is Église Saint-Jacques. Per 10,000 residents, Montauban counts 6.8 protected monuments, above both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (5.8) and compared French towns (2.5). The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
For crime per resident, Montauban sits above 77% of compared French towns
10.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
The police record for Montauban lists 1,889 offenses in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Montauban ranks 15th of the 16 compared towns in Tarn-et-Garonne. With 41,050 jobs for 25,000 working residents, Montauban draws people in from neighbouring communes. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage552
Theft from vehicles373
Family violence258
Burglary233
Other physical violence216
Sexual violence142
Vehicle theft115
Theft without violence440
Fraud394
Drug use317
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.
10.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
1,889
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
under 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 · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, under 0.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. 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.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Montauban, 12.5%, runs above Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
17%walk, cycle or take transit
No commute at all: 3.7% of working residents in Montauban at the census. The median disposable income was €24,600 a year per consumption unit, about level with Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€23,815) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot7%
Public transport5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
41,050
jobs based in Montauban, 1.6 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 72% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
89.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the seven collèges within 5 km, 1.4 points above the expected rate
95%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #3 of 11 in Tarn-et-Garonne. At the lycées within 5 km of Montauban, 94.1% passed the bac, about level with both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Montauban’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 57% of compared French towns
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 6,435 deaths in Montauban from 2016 to 2025; there were 6,387, 1% fewer. Its eight care homes for older people (617 places) count their residents as Montauban’s; allowing for them, deaths were 10% below expected. 63 GPs practise here.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
63
GPs in Montauban · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Montauban
0.4 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,077/m²: 2,552 houses and apartments sold in Montauban between July 2023 and June 2026. A house in Montauban goes for €2,200/m², an apartment for €1,964/m². The estimated advertised rent is €11.30/m² a month, above Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€10.67/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montauban€2,077/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn-et-Garonne median€1,863/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,200/m²
1,307
Apartments
€1,964/m²
1,245
€11.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.13 to €13.99/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.23/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,120
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Grand Montauban
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Montauban skews young, with 13% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns and compared French towns
43.5median age
34% of adults hold a degree, above both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 17% of residents. Line up the people of Montauban by age and the one in the middle is 43.5.
MontaubanTarn-et-Garonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education34%
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%.
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About Montauban
Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
Montauban is a commune of 62,945 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
Population
62,945 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Grand Montauban
Département
Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
Région
Occitanie
Area
52.5 sq mi (135.9 km²)
INSEE code
82121
Montauban’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 Montauban
Is Montauban safe?
It grades C− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 233 burglaries and 552 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Montauban good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #3 of 11 in Tarn-et-Garonne. 94% of 316 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Jules Michelet in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montauban expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,077/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montauban grades B− 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.
