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A town of 1,033 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Ambres has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 34% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Ambres 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ambres, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2010.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ambres. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ambres.
Ambres sits below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Ambres has 150 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income is €27,860 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 56 residents of Ambres died, against 70 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
100.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Ambres, above both Tarn’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les ClauzadesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 216 | 89%−4 pts |
| Lycée général Las CasesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 204 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts Ambres above both Tarn’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 20% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Ambres | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Ambres is above both Tarn’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ambres, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Ambres has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Pigeonnier de Montplaisir: Photo: Xavier Guillot · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ambres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambres | 1,033 | — | — | A− | — | B+ |
| Lavaur | 10,965 | 2.3 | A− | B | B− | B+ |
| Coufouleux | 3,057 | 7.2 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe | 9,719 | 7.5 | A | B− | B | B+ |
| Rabastens | 5,867 | 8.5 | A | B | B+ | A− |
| Graulhet | 13,129 | 8.8 | B | A− | C− | B+ |
| Verfeil Haute-Garonne | 3,954 | 9.3 | A+ | B+ | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ambres has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 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 67% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 204 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Las Cases 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.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Ambres is a commune of 1,033 people in the Communauté de communes Tarn-Agout. 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) · 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.