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A town of 2,505 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Aiguefonde has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. At the median price of €1,466/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Aiguefonde does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aiguefonde 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.
Aiguefonde has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Aiguefonde as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne halle, in Labruguière, 4.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aiguefonde.
2.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €23,760 a year per consumption unit.
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.
That puts Aiguefonde below both Tarn’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 208 residents of Aiguefonde died, against 300 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Aiguefonde is below both Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,466/m², comes from 88 sales of houses and apartments in Aiguefonde from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,466/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Aiguefonde comes below both Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 29% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Aiguefonde | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Aiguefonde, that is below both Tarn’s towns (88.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel PagnolNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 74%−6 pts |
| Cité scolaire de Mazamet- Lycée général et technologique Maréchal SoultNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 135 | 94%−1 pt |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 88 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Aiguefonde. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau d'Hautpoul4.6 km southeast, in MazametChâteauChâteauChâteau de Thoré3.3 km east, in AussillonAttractionAttractionPasserelle de Mazamet4.4 km southeast, in MazametMuseumMuseumMusée du Catharisme de Mazamet3.4 km southeast, in MazametMuseumMuseumMaison du bois et du jouet4.8 km southeast, in MazametPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Aiguefonde 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 Aiguefonde 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiguefonde | 2,505 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Aussillon | 5,527 | 1.5 | B | B+ | B | B+ |
| Mazamet | 10,085 | 2.4 | C+ | A | D | B |
| Pont-de-Larn | 2,947 | 3.2 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Labruguière | 6,584 | 4.1 | A | A− | A− | B− |
| Castres | 42,505 | 8.4 | B− | B | C− | B+ |
| Saïx | 3,748 | 9.8 | A | A− | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aiguefonde has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #17 of 23 in Tarn. 94% of 135 candidates passed the bac at Cité scolaire de Mazamet- Lycée général et technologique Maréchal Soult in 2025, a point below 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 €1,466/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aiguefonde grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Aiguefonde is a commune of 2,505 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet. 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 October 30, 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.