Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,527 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Aussillon grades B overall: better than 61% of compared French towns, and #15 of 20 in Tarn. At the median price of €1,246/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.7 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 (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Aussillon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Aussillon 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 2 historic monuments in Aussillon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 2001.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aussillon.
In the comparison, Aussillon comes above both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 15% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Aussillon | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 742 residents of Aussillon died, against 930 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Aussillon records 80 deaths per 100 expected, close to Tarn’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). 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.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,246/m², below both Tarn’s towns (€1,812/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,250/m² | 203 |
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.
For Aussillon, 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 96 offenses in the graded categories in Aussillon in 2025. For sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.0% of the index here.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Aussillon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Aussillon sits above both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Aussillon has 1,650 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 1 per worker. The median disposable income is €21,290 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Aussillon. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau d'Hautpoul3.1 km south, in MazametChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Falgalariéin townChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Aiguefonde4.1 km west, in AiguefondeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montlédier4.2 km east, in Pont-de-LarnAttractionAttractionPasserelle de Mazamet3 km south, in MazametPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Aussillon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Aussillon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aussillon | 5,527 | — | B | B+ | B | B+ |
| Mazamet | 10,085 | 1.1 | C+ | A | D | B |
| Aiguefonde | 2,505 | 1.5 | — | A− | — | A |
| Pont-de-Larn | 2,947 | 1.8 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Labruguière | 6,584 | 5.4 | A | A− | A− | B− |
| Castres | 42,505 | 9.3 | B− | B | C− | B+ |
| Saïx | 3,748 | 11 | A | A− | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #11 of 20 in Tarn. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 31 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
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.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.20/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aussillon grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Aussillon is a commune of 5,527 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.