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A town of 1,062 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Damiatte a good place to live?

Damiatte has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 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.

What makes Damiatte stand out

The one thing Damiatte does most differently from other towns.

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How Damiatte grades

Each subject compares Damiatte 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.

How grading works

Jobs & income8.6% unemploymentDOpen →Walkability19% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workC−Open →Cost of livingB+Open →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns · less sure: likely between C− and A−B−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

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

1 historic monument, 1 classé

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Damiatte: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1990First protected: Pigeonnier de la Brunié
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Damiatte.

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Damiatte than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%

After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,250 a year per consumption unit. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Bus, tram or train carried 3.6% of working residents in Damiatte to work at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Damiatte, 0.4 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns

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

HousingCost of living B+

Renting in Damiatte costs less than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.11/m² a month

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

The median price, €2,028/m², comes from 31 sales of houses and apartments in Damiatte from July 2023 to June 2026.

€2,028/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Damiatte€2,028/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,028/m²31
€9.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.45 to €11.15/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.05/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

Old homes shape Damiatte: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The protected list starts in the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Damiatte is Pigeonnier de la Brunié.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

17th c.
oldest protected part
1990
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

HealthHealth B−

Allowing for age and care homes, Damiatte sees 88 deaths per 100 expected, against 80 in Tarn’s towns and 88 in compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

From 2016 to 2025, 85 residents of Damiatte died, against 96 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Damiatte is Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud, 8.4 mi away. The town has one family doctor. Women in Tarn live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.

−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Damiatte · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
8.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Lavaur site Guiraud
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · 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−.

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, near Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Damiatte is 46.3.

46.3median age
DamiatteTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Damiatte
DamiatteTarn medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–248.8%9.2%11%
25–4423%20%23%
45–6429%26%26%
65+22%27%22%
No diploma18%22%19%
CAP or BEP27%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education31%27%30%

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Damiatte

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Landmarks

Damiatte has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Damiatte

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

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Damiatte’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 →
PuylaurensGraulhetLavaurSoualSaïxRéalmontPuylaurensGraulhetLavaurSoualSaïxRéalmontDamiatte
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Damiatte1,062——B+—B−
Puylaurens3,2576.6—A—C+
Graulhet13,1296.6BA−C−B+
Lavaur10,9658.7A−BB−B+
Soual2,63711AB+B−A+
Saïx3,74811AA−A−A−
Réalmont3,56113AA−A+B+

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

Questions about Damiatte

Is Damiatte safe?

Damiatte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 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 Damiatte expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,028/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Damiatte grades B+ for cost of living.

About Damiatte

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Damiatte is a commune of 1,062 people in the Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout. 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 de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
12.3 sq mi (31.9 km²)
INSEE code
81078

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.