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A town of 351 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Orban a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Orban

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Serres, in Labessière-Candeil, 4.4 mi away.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Orban.

Who lives here

Orban is a graduates’ town: 40% hold a degree, more than in Tarn’s towns and across compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 19%, above Tarn’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Line up the people of Orban by age and the one in the middle is 41.6.

41.6median age
OrbanTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma8%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Orban
OrbanTarn medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–249.4%9.2%11%
25–4426%20%23%
45–6424%26%26%
65+21%27%22%
No diploma7.9%22%19%
CAP or BEP24%26%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education40%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Orban are out of work than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.7%

Half of residents lived on more than €26,240 a year per consumption unit, higher than Tarn’s towns (€24,045) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Orban counts 0.2 jobs (50 jobs, 150 workers). 1.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

1%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Orban, 0.2 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent in Orban is €12.78/m² a month, against €10.21/m² in Tarn’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

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

House rents are put at about €9.01/m² a month. Orban recorded 2 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€12.78/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Orban€12.78/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn median€10.21/m²
€12.78/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.04 to €16.27/m² a month)
€9.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Orban

11pages on Orban

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Orban

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Orban yet.

How we find them →

Orban’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 →
Marssac-sur-TarnPuygouzonGraulhetRéalmontAlbiSaint-JuéryMarssac-sur-TarnPuygouzonGraulhetRéalmontAlbiSaint-JuéryOrban
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Orban351—————
Marssac-sur-Tarn3,5185.7ACA+A
Puygouzon3,5485.8AB−AB
Graulhet13,1296.9BA−C−B+
Réalmont3,5616.9AA−A+B+
Albi51,2907.2BC+CB+
Saint-Juéry6,5649.5B+BA−A−

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

About Orban

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Orban is a commune of 351 people in the Communauté de communes Centre Tarn. 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
351 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Centre Tarn
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.4 sq mi (8.9 km²)
INSEE code
81198

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.