Mazamet grades C+ overall: better than 42% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 12.7 recorded violent incidents and 23 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.2 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Mazamet 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mazamet.
Safety
Crime per resident in Mazamet runs higher than in 91% of compared French towns
Mazamet ranks last of the 20 compared towns in Tarn on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie recorded 321 offenses in the graded categories in Mazamet in 2025. For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.3% of the index here.
12.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage137
Sexual violence45
Family violence41
Other physical violence38
Burglary24
Theft from vehicles22
Vehicle theft14
Theft without violence76
Drug use42
Fraud22
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.
12.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
321
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
Homes in Mazamet cost less than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €1,058/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Mazamet below both Tarn’s towns (€1,812/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). No town in Tarn costs less to buy into than Mazamet, at €1,058/m², the lowest of 27. Houses in Mazamet sell for €1,083/m² and apartments for €1,000/m².
€1,058/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mazamet€1,058/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,083/m²
327
Apartments
€1,000/m²
65
€9.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.52 to €11.23/m² a month)
3.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.26/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Mazamet are out of work than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: 22.6%
On this, Mazamet is above both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Mazamet has 4,600 jobs for 3,050 working residents, 1.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €21,750 a year per consumption unit.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot9%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
4,600
jobs based in Mazamet, 1.5 per working resident
22.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,750
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Mazamet skews older, with 32% of residents 65 or over, more than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns
In the comparison, Mazamet comes above both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
51.2median age
MazametTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Mazamet’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 62% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,924 residents of Mazamet died, against 1,865 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. Its five care homes for older people (401 places) count their residents as Mazamet’s; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Mazamet · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
7.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mazamet keeps more of its old housing than Tarn or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Mazamet sits above both Tarn’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Mazamet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
4historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit4
18th c.
oldest protected part
1992
first monument protected
✓
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Église paroissiale Saint-Sauveur: Photo: Arnoux Pascal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Temple protestant dit Temple neuf ou Temple de la Sagne: Photo: ShreCk · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maison néo-classique dite Jamme de la Goutine: Photo: Gustave Hautelle · CC BY-SA 3.0
Laurent Jalabert: McSmit 12:30, 24 July 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nicolas Jalabert: Kakoula10, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Thomas Ramos: Patrick S., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Karelle Ménine: Occitanie Livre & Lecture, CC BY 3.0 · Henri Pistre: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre-Marie Puech: APB11, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mazamet’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 Mazamet
Is Mazamet safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 137 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mazamet good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #17 of 23 in Tarn. 94% of 135 candidates passed the bac at Cité scolaire de Mazamet- Lycée général et technologique Maréchal Soult 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.
Is Mazamet expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.19/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mazamet grades A for cost of living.
About Mazamet
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Mazamet is a commune of 10,085 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
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.
