Sorèze has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
What makes Sorèze stand out
The 3 things Sorèze does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sorèze 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sorèze.
History
Sorèze keeps more of its old housing than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, Sorèze counts 17 protected monuments. Since 2018, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments here: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Site archéologique de la grotte du Calel.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B+
Renting in Sorèze costs less than in Tarn’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.61/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,739/m², comes from 84 sales of houses and apartments in Sorèze from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.37/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 84 homes were sold here.
€1,739/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sorèze€1,739/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,782/m²
75
€9.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.81 to €11.82/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.37/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,440
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Aux sources du Canal du Midi
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 14% of Sorèze, fewer than in Tarn’s towns and across compared French towns
The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). The middle age in Sorèze is 50.3.
50.3median age
SorèzeTarn medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 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
HealthHealth C+
Sorèze records 90 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 80 in Tarn’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 434 residents of Sorèze died, against 392 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. The nearest emergency department to Sorèze is Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite, 10.3 mi away. 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. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Sorèze can choose among 3 GPs.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Sorèze · 3.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Jean Pierre Cassabel Hop Proximite
13.3 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
Half of residents lived on more than €24,080 a year per consumption unit, near Tarn’s towns (€24,045) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 4.2% of Sorèze’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. The jobless rate is 9.9%.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot6%
Public transport5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
850
jobs based in Sorèze, 0.7 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,080
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Site archéologique de la grotte du Calel: Photo: JYB Devot · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne église Saint-Martin: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Site archéologique du castrum de Roquefort: Photo: Auteur inconnu Unknown author · Public domain · Canal du Midi : prise d'eau de Pont-Crouzet: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Dominique Clos: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Jean Mistler: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Claude Devic: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Marcel Rodié: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Auguste Pichon: Auguste Pichon (1805-1900), Public domain · Jules-Antoine Paulin: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sorèze’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sorèze
Is Sorèze safe?
Sorèze has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sorèze expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,739/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sorèze grades B+ for cost of living.
About Sorèze
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Sorèze is a commune of 2,965 people in the Communauté de communes Aux sources du Canal du Midi. 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
2,965 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aux sources du Canal du Midi
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.
