Réalville is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

The town was founded by King Philip the Fair and built instead of Gardemont; it replaced what existed in Almont, which was then demolished and whose materials were used in part for the construction of the new town. Philip the Fair gave Réalville a Charter of Customs by a decree dated at Poissy in January 1310, the date considered to be that of the founding of the city.

From 1939 to 1940, an Internment camp of France was established on the municipal territory, hosting the 533rd and 534th Foreign workers group, until June 1940.

Realville is a quiet bastide village with a pleasant main square surrounded by arcaded buildings from the 16th and 17th centuries. The houses are mainly in brick or colombage, quite an interesting comparison with the bastides further north in the Lot-et-Garonne department which tend to be a mix of stone and colombage.

The centre of the village, around the Place des Arcades, is where you can see the most interesting medieval buildings with a lovely mix: some are supported on stone or brick columns and some on wood pillars, some have brick facades and others have colombage facades.

As a consequence the entire square and the facades of the buildings is now a listed historic monument.

Realville suffered during the 'Hundred Years War' and the wars of Religion but prosperity returned in the 17th and 18th century and some of the 18th century buildings built during this period were based on the buildings around the main square of Montauban.

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