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A town of 1,224 in Tarn, Occitanie.
People here tend to be in good health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 33% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add cost of living to its strengths (A−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag (C): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,619/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Villefranche-d'Albigeois 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.
Each subject compares Villefranche-d'Albigeois 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.
Villefranche-d'Albigeois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Villefranche-d'Albigeois does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villefranche-d'Albigeois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Centrale hydroélectrique numéro 1 du Saut du Tarn, in Saint-Juéry, 6.9 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Villefranche-d'Albigeois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villefranche-d'Albigeois.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Villefranche-d'Albigeois. Life expectancy at birth in Tarn is 86.5 years for women and 81.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 105 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 134: 22% below. The nearest emergency department to Villefranche-d'Albigeois is Clinique Claude Bernard Ctre Medico Chirurgical Obstetrical, 8.5 mi away.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 30 homes in Villefranche-d'Albigeois.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for just over a quarter of residents. 16% are under 15, near Tarn’s towns (16%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Ages in Villefranche-d'Albigeois split evenly at 49.5: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Villefranche-d'Albigeois | Tarn median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Tarn median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Tarn’s towns (10.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income is €24,110 a year for each consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 5.2. Police and gendarmerie recorded 6 offenses in Villefranche-d'Albigeois in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 82.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Villefranche-d'Albigeois as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Tarn, Occitanie
Villefranche-d'Albigeois is a commune of 1,224 people in the Communauté de communes des Monts d'Alban et du Villefranchois. 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villefranche-d'Albigeois | 1,224 | — | — | A− | — | A |
| Saint-Juéry | 6,564 | 6.9 | B+ | B | A− | A− |
| Arthès | 2,528 | 7.4 | — | B | — | A |
| Puygouzon | 3,548 | 7.8 | A | B− | A | B |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois | 4,590 | 8.8 | B+ | B− | A− | B+ |
| Albi | 51,290 | 9.1 | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Réalmont | 3,561 | 11 | A | A− | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villefranche-d'Albigeois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villefranche-d'Albigeois grades A− for cost of living.
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 9, 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.