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A town of 188 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Arfons a good place to live?

Arfons is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Arfons stand out

The 2 things Arfons does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Canal du Midi : prise d'eau d'Alzau
Canal du Midi : prise d'eau d'Alzau · Inscrit · Photo: VVVF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arfons’ story

Arfons in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arfons, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1998.

43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1998First protected: Canal du Midi : chaussée de Coudières
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arfons.

Who lives here

Arfons has fewer young adults than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 3.6% are 15 to 24

On this, Arfons is below both Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). 37% of residents are 65 or over.

59.4median age
ArfonsTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat28%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Arfons
ArfonsTarn medianFrance median
Under 1511%16%17%
15–243.6%9.2%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+37%27%22%
No diploma15%22%19%
CAP or BEP18%26%26%
Baccalauréat28%19%18%
Higher education30%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Arfons keeps more of its old housing than Tarn or compared French towns: 43% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

In the comparison, Arfons comes above both Tarn’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arfons, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
17th c.
oldest protected part
1998
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Money is tighter in Arfons than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €21,300 a year per consumption unit

For Arfons, that is below both Tarn’s towns (€24,045) and compared French towns (€25,970). Arfons has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.4 per worker. 6.2% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport0%
0
jobs based in Arfons, 0.4 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Arfons than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.25/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Arfons sits below both Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€9.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Arfons€9.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn median€10.21/m²
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.08 to €12.10/m² a month)
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Castellas and 2 more in and around Arfons

Heritage in and near Arfons. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Arfons

12pages on Arfons

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arfons, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Canal du Midi : chaussée de Coudières: Photo: VVVF · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canal du Midi : prise d'eau d'Alzau: Photo: VVVF · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Arfons

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arfons yet.

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Arfons’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Tarn →
SorèzeLabruguièreRevelSoualAiguefondeSaïxSorèzeLabruguièreRevelSoualAiguefondeSaïxArfons
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Arfons188—————
Sorèze2,9656.3—B+—C+
Labruguière6,5848.3AA−A−B−
Revel Haute-Garonne9,7628.8A−B+C+A
Soual2,6378.9AB+B−A+
Aiguefonde2,5059.5—A−—A
Saïx3,74810AA−A−A−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Arfons

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Arfons is a commune of 188 people in the Communauté de communes Aux sources du Canal du Midi. 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
188 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aux sources du Canal du Midi
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
15.7 sq mi (40.6 km²)
INSEE code
81016

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.