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Saint-Salvi-de-CarcavèsTarn

A town in Tarn, Occitanie, home to 84 people.

Is Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès falls below the line for grades. 35% of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are 29% of the population.

What makes Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès stand out

The 2 things Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès does most differently from other towns.

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Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès’ story

No historic monuments in Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Massuguiès, in Le Masnau-Massuguiès, 2.5 mi away.

40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès.

Who lives here

Children make up only 7.8% of Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès, fewer than in Tarn’s towns and compared French towns

29% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 5.6% of residents. Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.

55.3median age
Saint-Salvi-de-CarcavèsTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès
Saint-Salvi-de-CarcavèsTarn medianFrance median
Under 157.8%16%17%
15–245.6%9.2%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6433%26%26%
65+29%27%22%
No diploma22%22%19%
CAP or BEP35%26%26%
Baccalauréat22%19%18%
Higher education20%27%30%

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

Work & commute

More people in Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès are out of work than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: 22.7%

No commute at all: 13.9% of working residents in Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès at the census.

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving72%
On foot14%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès, 0.4 per working resident
22.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
14%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès costs less than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.27/m² a month

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

The market in Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès: 5 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€8.27/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès€8.27/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn median€10.21/m²
€8.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.28 to €10.89/m² a month)
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

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Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès

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About Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Saint-Salvi-de-Carcavès is a commune of 84 people in the Communauté de communes du Haut-Languedoc. 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
84 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Haut-Languedoc
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
4.2 sq mi (11 km²)
INSEE code
81268

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 November 4, 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.