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A town of 1,938 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Briatexte has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 15.1% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times 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.
The 2 things Briatexte does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Briatexte 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 Briatexte as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre-de-Monestiers, in Saint-Gauzens, 2.6 mi away.
16% 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 Briatexte.
31% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 20% of adults. Briatexte has a median age of 51.2 years.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Briatexte | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 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.
After the care-home adjustment, Briatexte’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above Tarn’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 364 residents of Briatexte died, against 310 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. Life expectancy at birth in Tarn is 86.5 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2 GPs practise in the town.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.18/m² a month, close to Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.05/m² a month. That is the middle of 70 sales of houses and apartments in Briatexte from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,812/m² for the median of compared towns in Tarn.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,605/m² | 70 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,810 a year per consumption unit. 8.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and below compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Briatexte was criminal damage (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 18 recorded offenses. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.4.
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (28.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Briatexte is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Briatexte as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briatexte | 1,938 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Graulhet | 13,129 | 4.1 | B | A− | C− | B+ |
| Lavaur | 10,965 | 6.4 | A− | B | B− | B+ |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn | 4,939 | 9.5 | B+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Coufouleux | 3,057 | 10 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Gaillac | 16,162 | 11 | B | B− | B | B− |
| Rabastens | 5,867 | 11 | A | B | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Briatexte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Briatexte grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Briatexte is a commune of 1,938 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet. 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.