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A town of 1,784 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Lagarrigue has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.2% unemployment. At the median price of €1,693/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Lagarrigue does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lagarrigue 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lagarrigue as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Jardin de l'Evêché, in Castres, 2.6 mi away.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Lagarrigue. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Goya4.2 km northwest, in Castres
MuseumCentre national et musée Jean-Jaurès4.5 km northwest, in CastresCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Benoît de Castres4.2 km northwest, in CastresFortFortTour de Navès4.8 km southwest, in NavèsChâteauChâteauChâteau du Causse1.9 km southwest, in CastresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lagarrigue.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Lagarrigue records 77 deaths per 100 expected, close to Tarn’s towns (80) and below compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
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
That puts Lagarrigue above both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Lagarrigue | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Lagarrigue is below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 8.2% of the labour force are out of work.
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.
Near Lagarrigue, 93.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Tarn’s towns (95.3%) and close to compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Thomas PesquetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 89 | 79%−4 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique privé Notre-Dame PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 80 | 96%−1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Dominique PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 63 | 95%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,693/m², comes from 74 sales of houses and apartments in Lagarrigue from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.40/m² a month, close to Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,695/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lagarrigue is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lagarrigue yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagarrigue | 1,784 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Castres | 42,505 | 2.6 | B− | B | C− | B+ |
| Labruguière | 6,584 | 3.3 | A | A− | A− | B− |
| Saïx | 3,748 | 5.4 | A | A− | A− | A− |
| Aiguefonde | 2,505 | 5.9 | — | A− | — | A |
| Aussillon | 5,527 | 6.7 | B | B+ | B | B+ |
| Pont-de-Larn | 2,947 | 7.1 | — | B+ | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lagarrigue has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns. 96% of 80 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique privé Notre-Dame 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,693/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lagarrigue grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Lagarrigue is a commune of 1,784 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet. 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.