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A town of 277 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Saint-Avit a good place to live?

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

Saint-Avit’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Avit’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Avit

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

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église Saint-Martin, in Sorèze, 5 mi away.

21% 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 Saint-Avit.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 19% of people in Saint-Avit are 65 or over, fewer than in Tarn’s towns and compared French towns

Saint-Avit sits below both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure.

44.5median age
Saint-AvitTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Avit
Saint-AvitTarn medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–249.6%9.2%11%
25–4422%20%23%
45–6431%26%26%
65+19%27%22%
No diploma20%22%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education29%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Saint-Avit walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 2.3%

That puts Saint-Avit below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Avit has 0 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.2 per worker. Unemployment stands at 8.9%.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Saint-Avit, 0.2 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,670
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

Schools

82.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 9 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

On this, Saint-Avit is below both Tarn’s towns (88.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

82.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saint-Avit82.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Madeleine CrosNearest collègeCollègeCollège7782%−9 pts
82.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −9 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Saint-Avit is €10.13/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.13/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Avit€10.13/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn median€10.21/m²
€10.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.05 to €12.76/m² a month)
€7.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Église abbatiale Saint-Benoît d'En-Calcat and 4 more in and around Saint-Avit

Heritage in and near Saint-Avit. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Saint-Avit

13pages on Saint-Avit

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Saint-Avit

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Avit yet.

How we find them →

Saint-Avit’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 →
SoualSaïxSorèzePuylaurensRevelLabruguièreSoualSaïxSorèzePuylaurensRevelLabruguièreSaint-Avit
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Avit277—————
Soual2,6372.6AB+B−A+
Saïx3,7485.4AA−A−A−
Sorèze2,9655.5—B+—C+
Puylaurens3,2576.3—A—C+
Revel Haute-Garonne9,7626.7A−B+C+A
Labruguière6,5847.7AA−A−B−

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

About Saint-Avit

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Saint-Avit is a commune of 277 people in the Communauté de communes du Sor et de l'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
277 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Sor et de l'Agout
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1.8 sq mi (4.8 km²)
INSEE code
81242

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.