Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Tarn, Occitanie has a population of 3,518.
Police record less crime here than in most towns (A+): an average of 1.4 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With an A overall, Marssac-sur-Tarn is better than 90% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #4 of 20 in Tarn. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Marssac-sur-Tarn 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’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Marssac-sur-Tarn; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marssac-sur-Tarn.
The commonest graded crime in Marssac-sur-Tarn was burglary (2025). Its tally for 2025: 34 recorded offenses.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 17.9% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Tarn, women can expect to live 86.5 years and men 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 261 residents of Marssac-sur-Tarn died, against 359 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. For a family doctor, residents of Marssac-sur-Tarn can choose among 5 GPs.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €12.20/m² a month, above Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €9.39/m² a month. 94 houses and apartments changed hands in Marssac-sur-Tarn from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,260/m² | 94 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town. 32% of adults hold a degree, above both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). Ages in Marssac-sur-Tarn split evenly at 46.9: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Marssac-sur-Tarn | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 5.8% of the total, lower than both Tarn’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Half of residents lived on more than €26,660 a year per consumption unit, above Tarn’s towns (€24,045) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. Per resident in work, Marssac-sur-Tarn counts 0.8 jobs (1,200 jobs, 1,500 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Marssac-sur-Tarn; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Villa Lebrun: Photo: Reinhard Dietrich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Marssac-sur-Tarn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marssac-sur-Tarn | 3,518 | — | A | C | A+ | A |
| Albi | 51,290 | 6 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Gaillac | 16,162 | 6.7 | B | B− | B | B− |
| Cagnac-les-Mines | 2,621 | 6.9 | — | B | — | C− |
| Puygouzon | 3,548 | 7 | A | B− | A | B |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois | 4,590 | 7.9 | B+ | B− | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Juéry | 6,564 | 8.9 | B+ | B | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #2 of 20 in Tarn. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Marssac-sur-Tarn grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Marssac-sur-Tarn is a commune of 3,518 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A). 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.
