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A town of 3,548 in Tarn, Occitanie.
Puygouzon grades A overall: better than 92% of compared French towns, and #1 of 20 in Tarn. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 21% 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 €2,432/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A). Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 1.5 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Puygouzon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Puygouzon 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Puygouzon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison des Viguiers, dite hôtel Reynès ou maison Guise, in Albi, 2.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and gardens in and near Puygouzon. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Sainte-Cécile d'Albi4.6 km northwest, in Albi
MuseumMusée Toulouse-Lautrec4.7 km northwest, in Albi
MuseumMusée Lapérouse4.9 km northwest, in Albi
GardenJardins de la Berbie4.7 km northwest, in AlbiChâteauChâteauPalais de la Berbie4.7 km northwest, in AlbiGardenGardenJardin médiéval Les Clausous3.5 km west, in SalièsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Puygouzon.
7.4% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 3.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Also worth knowing: 1,100 jobs are based in Puygouzon, for 1,400 working residents (0.8 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
44 offenses were reported in Puygouzon during 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 15.5% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Puygouzon, 96.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Tarn’s towns (95.3%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #3 of 23 in Tarn. The nearest collège is 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège BellevueNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 163 | 89%−3 pts |
| Lycée général BellevueNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 241 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Bon Sauveur PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 97 | 100%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 38% of adults. Half of Puygouzon is older than 51.8, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Puygouzon | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (68 places) counts its residents as Puygouzon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 15% below expected. 429 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, close to the 428 that France’s rates at each age predict. In Tarn, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.5 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. There are 3 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,432/m², comes from 90 sales of houses and apartments in Puygouzon from July 2023 to June 2026. The town is the second most expensive of the 27 towns in Tarn, at €2,432/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €10.22/m² a month, close to Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,429/m² | 89 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Puygouzon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Puygouzon yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puygouzon | 3,548 | — | A | B− | A | B |
| Albi | 51,290 | 2.7 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Saint-Juéry | 6,564 | 3.9 | B+ | B | A− | A− |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois | 4,590 | 4.7 | B+ | B− | A− | B+ |
| Arthès | 2,528 | 5 | — | B | — | A |
| Cagnac-les-Mines | 2,621 | 6.5 | — | B | — | C− |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn | 3,518 | 7 | A | C | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #4 of 20 in Tarn. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns and #3 of 23 in Tarn. 98% of 241 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Bellevue in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,432/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Puygouzon grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Puygouzon is a commune of 3,548 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A). 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.