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A town of 885 in Tarn, Occitanie.

Is Valdurenque a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Valdurenque

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

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne halle, in Labruguière, 3 mi away.

12% 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 Valdurenque.

Who lives here

A town of families: 20% of people in Valdurenque are under 15, more than in Tarn’s towns or compared French towns

On this, Valdurenque is above both Tarn’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 22% of the population.

43.3median age
ValdurenqueTarn medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Valdurenque
ValdurenqueTarn medianFrance median
Under 1520%16%17%
15–249.1%9.2%11%
25–4423%20%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+22%27%22%
No diploma16%22%19%
CAP or BEP30%26%26%
Baccalauréat21%19%18%
Higher education27%27%30%

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

Work & commute

Valdurenque has lower unemployment than Tarn’s towns or compared French towns: 7.5%

In the comparison, Valdurenque comes below both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Valdurenque has 200 jobs for 400 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 4.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Valdurenque, 0.5 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,680
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

85.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 0.7 points below the expected rate

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

For Valdurenque, that is below both Tarn’s towns (88.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

85.6%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Valdurenque85.6%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Thomas PesquetNearest collègeCollègeCollège8979%−4 pts
Collège Saint-Dominique PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège6395%+4 pts
85.6%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −0.7 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

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Valdurenque than in Tarn’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.08/m² a month

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

Valdurenque sits below both Tarn’s towns (€10.21/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€9.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Valdurenque€9.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Tarn median€10.21/m²
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.17 to €11.51/m² a month)
€7.94/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château du Causse and 4 more in and around Valdurenque

Heritage in and near Valdurenque. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Valdurenque

13pages on Valdurenque

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Valdurenque

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

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Valdurenque’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 →
LabruguièreCastresAiguefondeAussillonPont-de-LarnMazametLabruguièreCastresAiguefondeAussillonPont-de-LarnMazametValdurenque
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Valdurenque885—————
Labruguière6,5843.4AA−A−B−
Castres42,5054.1B−BC−B+
Aiguefonde2,5054.7—A−—A
Aussillon5,5275.3BB+BB+
Pont-de-Larn2,9475.5—B+—A
Mazamet10,0856.4C+ADB

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

About Valdurenque

Commune in Tarn, Occitanie

Valdurenque is a commune of 885 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet. 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
885 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Castres Mazamet
Département
Tarn (81)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.3 sq mi (5.9 km²)
INSEE code
81307

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.