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A town of 1,302 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Le Garric has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,691/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Carmausin-Ségala. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% 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 one thing Le Garric does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Garric 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 Le Garric as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Drèche (également sur communes de Cagnac-les-Mines et Lescure-d'Albigeois), in Albi, 3 mi away.
13% 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 Le Garric.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Tarn: 86.5 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 94 residents of Le Garric died, against 132 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 29% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Le Garric is Clinique Claude Bernard Ctre Medico Chirurgical Obstetrical, 5.6 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Jobs based in Le Garric number 500, against 550 residents in work (0.9 per worker). 5.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 9.1%.
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.
The bac pass rate near Le Garric is 92.9%, lower than Tarn’s towns (95.3%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away. At the general lycée, 97% of 143 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 94%+6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean JaurèsNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 143 | 97%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 27% of the population. Children under 15 make up 16%, in line with Tarn’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The median resident of Le Garric is 48.2 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Le Garric | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
47 sales of houses and apartments in Le Garric, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,691/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €9.82/m² a month, near Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 47 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,691/m² | 47 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Le Garric. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la mine3.4 km southwest, in Cagnac-les-MinesMuseumMuseumMusée du verre à Carmaux4.7 km northwest, in Blaye-les-MinesAttractionAttractionLes jardins du carbonifère2.5 km west, in Blaye-les-MinesAttractionAttractionParc des Titans2.5 km west, in Blaye-les-MinesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Le Garric 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 Le Garric 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Garric | 1,302 | — | — | B | — | A |
| Blaye-les-Mines | 2,902 | 1.8 | A− | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Cagnac-les-Mines | 2,621 | 2.6 | — | B | — | C− |
| Carmaux | 9,872 | 2.7 | B+ | A− | C | B+ |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois | 4,590 | 3.6 | B+ | B− | A− | B+ |
| Arthès | 2,528 | 4.2 | — | B | — | A |
| Saint-Juéry | 6,564 | 5.2 | B+ | B | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Garric has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 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 73% of compared French towns. 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 €1,691/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Garric grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Le Garric is a commune of 1,302 people in the Communauté de communes Carmausin-Ségala. 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.