FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin
France›Tarn›Occitanie

PuycalvelTarn

A town of 217 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Puycalvel a good place to live?

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

What makes Puycalvel stand out

The one thing Puycalvel does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Puycalvel’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Puycalvel’s story

No historic monuments in Puycalvel

The Culture ministry lists no building in Puycalvel 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.

40% 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 Puycalvel.

Who lives here

A typical mix of ages for France

Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Tarn’s towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Puycalvel has a median age of 49.3 years. Children are 17% of the town.

49.3median age
PuycalvelTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Puycalvel
PuycalvelTarn medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–249.5%9.2%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+22%27%22%
No diploma19%22%19%
CAP or BEP30%26%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education27%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Puycalvel run lower than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: a median €21,590 a year per consumption unit

Puycalvel holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. 4.5% 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%). At the census, just over a tenth of working residents in Puycalvel didn’t travel to work at all.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Puycalvel, 0.3 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
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.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.6 mi off.

99.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Puycalvel99.0%
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
3 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 Puycalvel than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.11/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €10.05/m² a month. 4 houses and apartments changed hands in Puycalvel from July 2023 to June 2026.

€9.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Puycalvel€9.11/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn median€10.21/m²
€9.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.45 to €11.15/m² a month)
€10.05/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 Brametourte and 4 more in and around Puycalvel

Heritage and family days out in and near Puycalvel. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Puycalvel

13pages on Puycalvel

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Puycalvel

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

How we find them →

Puycalvel’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 →
GraulhetPuylaurensSaïxRéalmontSoualCastresGraulhetPuylaurensSaïxRéalmontSoualCastresPuycalvel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Puycalvel217—————
Graulhet13,1297.1BA−C−B+
Puylaurens3,2578.2—A—C+
Saïx3,7488.2AA−A−A−
Réalmont3,5618.5AA−A+B+
Soual2,6379AB+B−A+
Castres42,5059.6B−BC−B+

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

About Puycalvel

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Puycalvel is a commune of 217 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
217 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Lautrécois et du Pays d'Agout
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
81216

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.