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A town of 2,947 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Pont-de-Larn has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 6% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,688/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% 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 Pont-de-Larn does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pont-de-Larn 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.
Pont-de-Larn has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Pont-de-Larn as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle funéraire de la famille Soult, in Saint-Amans-Soult, 5.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pont-de-Larn.
3.7% 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%). 400 jobs are based in Pont-de-Larn, for 1,200 working residents (0.3 per worker). Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.4% of working residents in Pont-de-Larn didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Tarn: 86.5 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 242 deaths in Pont-de-Larn between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 334: 28% below. The nearest emergency department to Pont-de-Larn is Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres, 7.4 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,688/m²: 97 houses and apartments sold in Pont-de-Larn between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,688/m² | 97 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 88% passed the bac pro, of 175 candidates at 3 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Pont-de-Larn, 90.5% passed the bac, below Tarn’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest collège is 1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean-Louis ÉtienneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 68 | 76%−5 pts |
| Cité scolaire de Mazamet- Lycée général et technologique Maréchal SoultNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 135 | 94%−1 pt |
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 88 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
27% of residents have reached 65. Pont-de-Larn has a median age of 50.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Pont-de-Larn | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Pont-de-Larn. Best known first.
AttractionChâteau d'Hautpoul4.8 km south, in MazametChâteauChâteauChâteau de Thoré1.8 km west, in AussillonAttractionAttractionPasserelle de Mazamet4.6 km south, in MazametMuseumMuseumMusée du Catharisme de Mazamet3.5 km southwest, in MazametMuseumMuseumMaison du bois et du jouet4.7 km south, in MazametPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Pont-de-Larn is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Pont-de-Larn as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Larn | 2,947 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Aussillon | 5,527 | 1.8 | B | B+ | B | B+ |
| Mazamet | 10,085 | 2 | C+ | A | D | B |
| Aiguefonde | 2,505 | 3.2 | — | A− | — | A |
| Labruguière | 6,584 | 6.6 | A | A− | A− | B− |
| Castres | 42,505 | 9.6 | B− | B | C− | B+ |
| Saïx | 3,748 | 12 | A | A− | A− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pont-de-Larn has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,688/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pont-de-Larn grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Pont-de-Larn is a commune of 2,947 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
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.