Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,528 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Arthès has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,929/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A). Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% 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 Arthès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Arthès 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.
Arthès has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Arthès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Centrale hydroélectrique numéro 1 du Saut du Tarn, in Saint-Juéry, 0.5 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arthès.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #23 of 23 in Tarn on results. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 3.2 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Saut de SaboNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 171 | 82%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Tarn, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 193 deaths in Arthès between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 269: 28% below. The town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
The median disposable income was €26,500 a year per consumption unit, higher than Tarn’s towns (€24,045) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Arthès has 250 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 5.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, lower than Tarn’s towns (27%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). At 49.2, the median resident of Arthès sits in the middle of the age range. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.9% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Arthès | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
59 sales of houses and apartments in Arthès, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,929/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.97/m² a month, near Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.00/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,929/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Arthès came to 23 in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.7 violent offenses and 7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Of the graded crimes in the town, burglary came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 26.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Arthès. Best known first.
Nothing in Arthès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Arthès.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthès | 2,528 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Saint-Juéry | 6,564 | 1.1 | B+ | B | A− | A− |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois | 4,590 | 1.6 | B+ | B− | A− | B+ |
| Albi | 51,290 | 3.6 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Cagnac-les-Mines | 2,621 | 4.1 | — | B | — | C− |
| Puygouzon | 3,548 | 5 | A | B− | A | B |
| Blaye-les-Mines | 2,902 | 6.1 | A− | A− | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Arthès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns. 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 €1,929/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Arthès grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Arthès is a commune of 2,528 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A). 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.