Saint-Amans-Soult’s best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C−): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 12.2% unemployment. It lags on walkability as well (C). Homes change hands at a median €1,036/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Amans-Soult has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Amans-Soult 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Saint-Amans-Soult than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
Those 65 and older account for 33% of residents. Degrees are held by 23% of adults, below both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Saint-Amans-Soult in two is 54.5.
54.5median age
Saint-Amans-SoultTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Only 6.8% of commuters in Saint-Amans-Soult go to work without a car, fewer than in Tarn’s towns and across compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 12.2%, above both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,180 a year. No commute at all: 4.0% of working residents in Saint-Amans-Soult at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
500
jobs based in Saint-Amans-Soult, 0.8 per working resident
12.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,180
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 25% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Saint-Amans-Soult is below 61% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Saint-Amans-Soult’s deaths ran at 84 per 100 expected, between Tarn’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 321 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 375, 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Amans-Soult is Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres, 12.8 mi away. Women in Tarn live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Amans-Soult · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
12.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Intercommunal Castres Mazamet site Pays D Autan Castres
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Saint-Amans-Soult keeps more of its old housing than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Amans-Soult counts 4 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments locally is Ancienne caserne de gendarmerie. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Saint-Amans-Soult has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
2025 saw 11 offenses recorded in Saint-Amans-Soult. Graded property crimes ran at 9.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.1 (2023–2025 average). Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
3.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Fraud8
Theft without violence7
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.
3.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
42.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 42.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Soult-Berg and 3 more in and around Saint-Amans-Soult
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Amans-Soult. Best known first.
Ancienne caserne de gendarmerie: Photo: Roudière · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Soult-Berg: Photo: Maison-saint-joseph · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Roudière · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle funéraire de la famille Soult: Photo: Maison-saint-joseph · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Amans-Soult
Is Saint-Amans-Soult safe?
Saint-Amans-Soult has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Is Saint-Amans-Soult expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Amans-Soult grades A for cost of living.
About Saint-Amans-Soult
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Saint-Amans-Soult is a commune of 1,553 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
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.
