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A town of 1,093 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Blan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 30% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (B): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 35% 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 Blan 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 no building in Blan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Halle, actuellement office du tourisme, in Revel, 4.3 mi away.
11% 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 Blan.
1.8% 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%). Unemployment stands at 7.6%. Blan has 200 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
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, 173 residents of Blan died, against 137 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% more. Its care home for older people (52 places) counts its residents as Blan’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. 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
That puts Blan below both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 15% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Blan | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Blan. Best known first.
Nothing in Blan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Blan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blan | 1,093 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Puylaurens | 3,257 | 3.8 | — | A | — | C+ |
| Revel Haute-Garonne | 9,762 | 4.1 | A− | B+ | C+ | A |
| Sorèze | 2,965 | 5.2 | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Soual | 2,637 | 5.9 | A | B+ | B− | A+ |
| Saïx | 3,748 | 9 | A | A− | A− | A− |
| Labruguière | 6,584 | 13 | A | A− | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Blan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Blan is a commune of 1,093 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
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.