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A town of 806 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Saliès a good place to live?

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

Saliès’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saliès’ story

No historic monuments in Saliès

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Salvy et son cloître, in Albi, 3 mi away.

3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Jardin médiéval Les Clausous and 8 more in and around Saliès

Museums, other places to visit and gardens in and near Saliès. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saliès.

Who lives here

Saliès is a graduates’ town: 43% hold a degree, more than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns

That puts Saliès above both Tarn’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 23% of the town.

48.5median age
SalièsTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education43%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saliès
SalièsTarn medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–249.2%9.2%11%
25–4421%20%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+23%27%22%
No diploma9.9%22%19%
CAP or BEP25%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education43%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 3.1% of commuters in Saliès go to work without a car, fewer than in Tarn’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Saliès is below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.2%. Saliès has 50 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.1 per worker.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Motorbike or scooter2%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Saliès, 0.1 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,140
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

93.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate

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

In the comparison, Saliès comes above both Tarn’s towns (88.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

99%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saliès93.7%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Saliès96.8%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège104100%+3 pts
Lycée général et technologique privé Amboise PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée106100%+2 pts
Collège Bon Sauveur PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège97100%+7 pts

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99%
passed the general and technological bac, +0.6 pts against the expected rate
91%
passed the vocational bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
93.7%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +0.1 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 Saliès is €10.22/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.

€10.22/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saliès€10.22/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn median€10.21/m²
€10.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.29 to €12.60/m² a month)
€9.46/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saliès

13pages on Saliès

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Saliès

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saliès as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Saliès’ 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 →
PuygouzonAlbiSaint-JuéryLescure-d'AlbigeoisMarssac-sur-TarnArthèsPuygouzonAlbiSaint-JuéryLescure-d'AlbigeoisMarssac-sur-TarnArthèsSaliès
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saliès806—————
Puygouzon3,5481.7AB−AB
Albi51,2903.1BC+CB+
Saint-Juéry6,5645.2B+BA−A−
Lescure-d'Albigeois4,5905.5B+B−A−B+
Marssac-sur-Tarn3,5185.6ACA+A
Arthès2,5286.2—B—A

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

About Saliès

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Saliès is a commune of 806 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

Population
806 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A)
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
1.4 sq mi (3.6 km²)
INSEE code
81274

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.