Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is its weak spot (C−). The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health and C+ for jobs & income. 21% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Castelnau-de-Montmiral 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 Castelnau-de-Montmiral 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.
Ancienne porte de ville: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison datée de 1630: Photo: KaTeznik · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Castelnau-de-Montmiral.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Castelnau-de-Montmiral has lower unemployment than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 7.4%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
6.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. For its 450 residents in work, Castelnau-de-Montmiral has 300 jobs: 0.7 each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,630 a year.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
300
jobs based in Castelnau-de-Montmiral, 0.7 per working resident
7.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
14%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Castelnau-de-Montmiral has fewer young adults than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 6.6% are 15 to 24
50.3median age
Degrees are held by two in five adults. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, near Tarn’s towns (27%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Castelnau-de-Montmiral in two is 50.3.
Castelnau-de-MontmiralTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Castelnau-de-Montmiral keeps more of its old housing than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 51% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Castelnau-de-Montmiral; none is classé, France’s top protection. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2022. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 2 of 3.
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit3
15th c.
oldest protected part
1927
first monument protected
2022
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B
A typical home in Castelnau-de-Montmiral sells for €2,071/m²
€2,071/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.82/m² a month, close to Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Castelnau-de-Montmiral recorded 37 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Castelnau-de-Montmiral€2,071/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,027/m²
36
€9.82/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.17 to €11.80/m² a month)
5.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,420
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Castelnau-de-Montmiral is 16.6 mi from the nearest emergency department
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
104 deaths in Castelnau-de-Montmiral between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 119: 13% below. Women in Tarn live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Castelnau-de-Montmiral can choose among 3 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw87
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Castelnau-de-Montmiral · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Albi
16.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Albi
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Castelnau-de-Montmiral is a commune of 1,062 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
Population
1,062 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Gaillac-Graulhet
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
34.7 sq mi (89.7 km²)
INSEE code
81064
Castelnau-de-Montmiral’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Castelnau-de-Montmiral
Is Castelnau-de-Montmiral safe?
Castelnau-de-Montmiral has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Castelnau-de-Montmiral expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Castelnau-de-Montmiral grades B for cost of living.
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.
