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Terre-de-BancaliéTarn

In Tarn, Occitanie, this town has 1,725 residents.

Is Terre-de-Bancalié a good place to live?

People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Work and incomes lag (D): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment. At the median price of €1,157/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Centre Tarn. Most journeys need a car: 5% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.

Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Terre-de-Bancalié 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.

What makes Terre-de-Bancalié stand out

The 2 things Terre-de-Bancalié does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Terre-de-Bancalié grades

Each subject compares Terre-de-Bancalié 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.

How grading works

Terre-de-Bancalié has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

HealthAmong the healthiest places comparedAOpen →Cost of livingIn the top fifth of the towns comparedAOpen →Jobs & income7.9% unemploymentDOpen →WalkabilityGraded on how easily people get around without a carC−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Métairie ronde
Métairie ronde · Classé · Photo: Don-vip · CC BY-SA 4.0
Terre-de-Bancalié’s story

Terre-de-Bancalié in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Terre-de-Bancalié: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Wikidata records 2 people born in Terre-de-Bancalié before 1900, the earliest Jean-Pierre Sers, in 1746.

  • 1995First protected: Métairie ronde
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Terre-de-Bancalié.

HealthHealth A

Allowing for age and care homes, Terre-de-Bancalié sees fewer deaths than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 69 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

The nearest emergency department to Terre-de-Bancalié is Clinique Claude Bernard Ctre Medico Chirurgical Obstetrical, 10 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 121 residents of Terre-de-Bancalié died, against 176 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. Average lifespans in Tarn: 86.5 years for women, 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.

−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw69
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Terre-de-Bancalié · 2.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Claude Bernard Ctre Medico Chirurgical Obstetrical
10.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Albi
86.5 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Tarn, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.

HousingCost of living A

Renting in Terre-de-Bancalié costs less than in Tarn’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.14/m² a month

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

59 sales of houses and apartments in Terre-de-Bancalié, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,157/m².

€1,157/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Terre-de-Bancalié€1,157/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Tarn median€1,812/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€1,157/m²59
€9.14/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.28 to €11.46/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,020
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Centre Tarn

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Unemployment in Terre-de-Bancalié, 7.9%, runs below Tarn’s towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €23,810 a year per consumption unit, close to Tarn’s towns (€24,045) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 2.1% of working residents in Terre-de-Bancalié to work at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
250
jobs based in Terre-de-Bancalié, 0.3 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns

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

History

Old homes shape Terre-de-Bancalié: 30% were built before 1919, more than in Tarn’s towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Terre-de-Bancalié is Métairie ronde. Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

18th c.
oldest protected part
1995
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Few people in Terre-de-Bancalié are 15 to 24: 7.5%, fewer than in Tarn’s towns and across compared French towns

Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Tarn’s towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. The median resident of Terre-de-Bancalié is 45.1 years old.

45.1median age
Terre-de-BancaliéTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Terre-de-Bancalié
Terre-de-BancaliéTarn medianFrance median
Under 1518%16%17%
15–247.5%9.2%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+22%27%22%
No diploma16%22%19%
CAP or BEP29%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education31%27%30%

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

Safety

Terre-de-Bancalié has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

The graded crime recorded most in Terre-de-Bancalié was other physical violence (2025). Violence against people ran at 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 3.2 (2023–2025 average).

2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0

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.

2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.

Nearby attractions

Château de la Roque and 3 more in and around Terre-de-Bancalié

Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Terre-de-Bancalié. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Terre-de-Bancalié

14pages on Terre-de-Bancalié

Landmarks

Terre-de-Bancalié has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Métairie ronde: Photo: Don-vip · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Terre-de-Bancalié

2 notable people were born in Terre-de-Bancalié.

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Terre-de-Bancalié’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 →
RéalmontPuygouzonSaint-JuéryAlbiArthèsLescure-d'AlbigeoisRéalmontPuygouzonSaint-JuéryAlbiArthèsLescure-d'AlbigeoisTerre-de-Bancalié
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Terre-de-Bancalié1,725——A—A
Réalmont3,5614AA−A+B+
Puygouzon3,5487.7AB−AB
Saint-Juéry6,56410B+BA−A−
Albi51,29010BC+CB+
Arthès2,52811—B—A
Lescure-d'Albigeois4,59012B+B−A−B+

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

Questions about Terre-de-Bancalié

Is Terre-de-Bancalié safe?

Terre-de-Bancalié has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.

Is Terre-de-Bancalié expensive to live in?

Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,157/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Terre-de-Bancalié grades A for cost of living.

About Terre-de-Bancalié

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Terre-de-Bancalié is a commune of 1,725 people in the Communauté de communes Centre Tarn. 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
1,725 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Centre Tarn
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
32.7 sq mi (84.8 km²)
INSEE code
81233

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.