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In Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, this town has 1,379 residents.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,949/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Quercy Caussadais. Walkability is its weak spot — 33% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Monteils 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 2 things Monteils does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Monteils 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.
Monteils has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Monteils as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison du 13e siècle, dite aussi Maison de la Taverne, in Caussade, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monteils.
6.3% 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%). The jobless rate is 9.1%. Jobs based in Monteils number 400, against 550 residents in work (0.8 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 112 residents of Monteils died, against 146 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Monteils is Clinique du Pont de Chaume, 14.4 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Tarn-et-Garonne is 86.1 years for women and 79.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Under-15s account for 15% of the population. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.5%, close to Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (10%) and below compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Monteils is 52.9.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn-et-Garonne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Monteils | Tarn-et-Garonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Behind the median of €1,949/m²: 37 houses and apartments sold in Monteils between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.63/m² a month, close to Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (€10.67/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €8.11/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,949/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.5 mi away. At the lycées within 5 km of Monteils, 93.7% passed the bac, close to both Tarn-et-Garonne’s towns (93.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Antoine PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 100%+8 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Claude NougaroNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 160 | 96%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Monteils. Best known first.
Nothing in Monteils is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Monteils yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monteils | 1,379 | — | — | C+ | — | A− |
| Caussade | 6,803 | 1.3 | C | B− | C | C+ |
| Nègrepelisse | 5,917 | 7.2 | C+ | B | A | C− |
| Albias | 3,240 | 8.2 | B+ | B | A | B |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Tulmont | 4,051 | 9.9 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Montauban | 62,945 | 14 | C+ | B− | C− | C+ |
| Lafrançaise | 2,865 | 16 | A | B+ | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Monteils has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 96% of 160 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Claude Nougaro in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,949/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Monteils grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie
Monteils is a commune of 1,379 people in the Communauté de communes du Quercy Caussadais. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.