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It is a town of 1,225 residents in Tarn, Occitanie.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It is strong on jobs & income as well: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.6 points below the expected rate. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn 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.
Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle funéraire de la famille Soult, in Saint-Amans-Soult, 4.2 mi away.
4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 137 deaths in Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn from 2016 to 2025; there were 83, 39% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn is Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres, 8.8 mi away. Women in Tarn live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
31% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults, below both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). The middle age in Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn is 53.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.7% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 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.
Sales in Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn from July 2023 to June 2026: 28 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 7.8%, below Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €26,330 a year. No commute at all: 1.3% of working residents in Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn, below both Tarn’s towns (88.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Vocational results within 5 km: 88% passed the bac pro, of 175 candidates at 3 lycées. A collège lies 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Louis ÉtienneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 68 | 76%−5 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
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau d'Hautpoul4 km southwest, in MazametChâteauChâteauChâteau de Thoré3.6 km west, in AussillonAttractionAttractionPasserelle de Mazamet3.9 km southwest, in MazametMuseumMuseumMusée du Catharisme de Mazamet3.5 km west, in MazametMuseumMuseumMaison du bois et du jouet3.8 km southwest, in MazametPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn yet.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn is a commune of 1,225 people in the Communauté de communes Thoré Montagne Noire. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn | 1,225 | — | — | A− | — | A+ |
| Pont-de-Larn | 2,947 | 1.5 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Mazamet | 10,085 | 1.8 | C+ | A | D | B |
| Aussillon | 5,527 | 2.5 | B | B+ | B | B+ |
| Aiguefonde | 2,505 | 4 | — | A− | — | A |
| Labruguière | 6,584 | 7.8 | A | A− | A− | B− |
| Castres | 42,505 | 11 | B− | B | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns. 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.
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 November 4, 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.