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A town of 1,195 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Terssac a good place to live?

Terssac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.6 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Terssac stand out

The 2 things Terssac does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Terssac grades

Each subject compares Terssac 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

WalkabilityD−Open →Jobs & income7.5% unemploymentAOpen →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French townsAOpen →Cost of livingA year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunalityB+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 →

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

No historic monuments in Terssac

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

The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château, in Castelnau-de-Lévis, 1.2 mi away.

4.9% 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 Terssac.

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Terssac is harder to get around on foot than 97% of compared French towns

3.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €28,200 a year per consumption unit.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
850
jobs based in Terssac, 1.6 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D−
Walkability: better than 3% of compared French towns

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

HealthHealth A

Fewer deaths than Terssac’s ages would predict, 69 per 100 expected, under Tarn’s towns and compared French towns

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

That puts Terssac below both Tarn’s towns (80) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 86 residents of Terssac died, against 125 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw69
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Terssac · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Albi
3.4 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

HousingCost of living B+

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Terssac 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, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.

€10.22/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Terssac€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
€25,370
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A)

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

Who lives here

Terssac has fewer young adults than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24

On this, Terssac is below both Tarn’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population.

51.6median age
TerssacTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education37%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Terssac
TerssacTarn medianFrance median
Under 1514%16%17%
15–247.8%9.2%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+28%27%22%
No diploma11%22%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education37%27%30%

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Terssac

13pages on Terssac

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Terssac

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Terssac yet.

How we find them →

Terssac’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 →
Marssac-sur-TarnAlbiCagnac-les-MinesPuygouzonLescure-d'AlbigeoisSaint-JuéryMarssac-sur-TarnAlbiCagnac-les-MinesPuygouzonLescure-d'AlbigeoisSaint-JuéryTerssac
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Terssac1,195——B+—A
Marssac-sur-Tarn3,5182.2ACA+A
Albi51,2903.8BC+CB+
Cagnac-les-Mines2,6214.9—B—C−
Puygouzon3,5485.3AB−AB
Lescure-d'Albigeois4,5905.7B+B−A−B+
Saint-Juéry6,5646.7B+BA−A−

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

Questions about Terssac

Is Terssac safe?

Terssac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Terssac

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Terssac is a commune of 1,195 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
1,195 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Albigeois (C2A)
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.6 km²)
INSEE code
81297

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.