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A town of 182 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Montpinier a good place to live?

Montpinier is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

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

No historic monuments in Montpinier

The Culture ministry lists no building in Montpinier as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Rémy, in Lautrec, 3.2 mi away.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montpinier.

Who lives here

Montpinier has fewer young adults than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24

On this, Montpinier is below both Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents.

48.9median age
MontpinierTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education37%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montpinier
MontpinierTarn medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–247.3%9.2%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+27%27%22%
No diploma18%22%19%
CAP or BEP23%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education37%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Montpinier are out of work than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.6%

In the comparison, Montpinier comes below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Montpinier has 0 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 3.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Montpinier, 0.2 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

99.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For Montpinier, that is above both Tarn’s towns (88.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

99.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Montpinier99.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Les PortanellesNearest collègeCollègeCollège6899%+5 pts
99.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Montpinier than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.24/m² a month

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

Montpinier sits below both Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€9.24/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Montpinier€9.24/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn median€10.21/m²
€9.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.57 to €11.26/m² a month)
€8.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Laboulbène and 2 more in and around Montpinier

Heritage in and near Montpinier. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Montpinier

13pages on Montpinier

Landmarks

Nothing in Montpinier is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Montpinier

One notable person was born in Montpinier.

Their page →

Montpinier’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 →
CastresSaïxRéalmontSoualLabruguièreGraulhetCastresSaïxRéalmontSoualLabruguièreGraulhetMontpinier
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montpinier182—————
Castres42,5055.7B−BC−B+
Saïx3,7486.8AA−A−A−
Réalmont3,5616.9AA−A+B+
Soual2,6379.3AB+B−A+
Labruguière6,58411AA−A−B−
Graulhet13,12911BA−C−B+

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

About Montpinier

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Montpinier is a commune of 182 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
182 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.9 sq mi (7.6 km²)
INSEE code
81181

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.