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A town of 356 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Cahuzac a good place to live?

Cahuzac is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Cahuzac stand out

The one thing Cahuzac does most differently from other towns.

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Cahuzac’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cahuzac’s story

No historic monuments in Cahuzac

The Culture ministry lists no building in Cahuzac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église Saint-Martin, in Sorèze, 1.5 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cahuzac.

Who lives here

Older residents shape Cahuzac: 45% are 65 or over, above Tarn’s towns and compared French towns

Cahuzac sits above both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 4.9% of residents.

61.5median age
CahuzacTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma31%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat11%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 87 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.

Ages and diplomas in Cahuzac
CahuzacTarn medianFrance median
Under 1511%16%17%
15–244.9%9.2%11%
25–4415%20%23%
45–6424%26%26%
65+45%27%22%
No diploma31%22%19%
CAP or BEP18%26%26%
Baccalauréat11%19%18%
Higher education26%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Cahuzac, 4.2%, runs below Tarn’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Cahuzac below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Cahuzac has 150 jobs for 100 working residents, 1.2 per worker. At the census, 4.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Cahuzac, 1.2 per working resident
4.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 9 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

On this, Cahuzac is below both Tarn’s towns (88.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

82.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Cahuzac82.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Madeleine CrosNearest collègeCollègeCollège7782%−9 pts
82.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −9 pts against the expected rate
3.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Cahuzac costs less than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.14/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Cahuzac comes below both Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.14/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cahuzac€9.14/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn median€10.21/m²
€9.14/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.43 to €11.24/m² a month)
€7.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye royale de Sorèze and 5 more in and around Cahuzac

Heritage and museums in and near Cahuzac. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cahuzac

13pages on Cahuzac

Landmarks

Nothing in Cahuzac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Cahuzac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cahuzac yet.

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Cahuzac’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Tarn →
SorèzeRevelSoualPuylaurensSaïxLabruguièreSorèzeRevelSoualPuylaurensSaïxLabruguièreCahuzac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cahuzac356—————
Sorèze2,9652—B+—C+
Revel Haute-Garonne9,7623.9A−B+C+A
Soual2,6376AB+B−A+
Puylaurens3,2577.7—A—C+
Saïx3,7488.9AA−A−A−
Labruguière6,58410AA−A−B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Cahuzac

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Cahuzac is a commune of 356 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

Population
356 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aux sources du Canal du Midi
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.6 km²)
INSEE code
81049

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.