Several subjects drag its grade down. Its schools fall short (D−): brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. With a D− overall, Aigues-Mortes is better than 3% of compared French towns and ranks #56 of 60 in Gard. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €4,085/m² takes 11.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Terre de Camargue.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Aigues-Mortes 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Homes in Aigues-Mortes cost more than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €4,085/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €4,125/m² in Aigues-Mortes, apartments for €3,823/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €14.21/m² a month, higher than both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 80% houses, the rest apartments.
€4,085/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aigues-Mortes€4,085/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,125/m²
269
Apartments
€3,823/m²
68
€14.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.70 to €17.25/m² a month)
11.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,460
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Terre de Camargue
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in Aigues-Mortes are out of work than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.2%
Jobs located in Aigues-Mortes: 2,800, for 3,350 residents in work (0.8 each). 13.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Gard’s towns (8.1%) and near compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €25,940 a year per consumption unit.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot8%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
2,800
jobs based in Aigues-Mortes, 0.8 per working resident
15.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 2005, and 6 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Scaled to its population, that is 6.9 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Aigues-Mortes. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 13th century. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2005. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 6.6% of the total, lower than both Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
More crime per resident in Aigues-Mortes than in 70% of compared French towns
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 9.9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 16.2. 2025 saw 221 offenses recorded in Aigues-Mortes. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
9.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage73
Other physical violence39
Family violence38
Theft from vehicles29
Sexual violence18
Burglary14
Vehicle theft10
Theft without violence75
Drug use74
Fraud69
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.
9.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
221
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Aigues-Mortes has fewer young adults than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 8.6% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town. Typical age in Aigues-Mortes: 49.4, the median.
49.4median age
Aigues-MortesGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Aigues-Mortes sees more deaths than 59% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (74 places) counts its residents as Aigues-Mortes’; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 894 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 880, 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Aigues-Mortes is Clinique Via Domitia, 7.5 mi away. Average lifespans in Gard: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw98
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
15
GPs in Aigues-Mortes · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Via Domitia
16.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Saint Roch
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-des-Sablons: Photo: Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de la confrérie des Pénitents-Gris: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle des Pénitents-Blancs: Photo: Daniel Villafruela . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Plan des théâtres ; Arènes de bouvine: Photo: Princelouis · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aigues-Mortes
Is Aigues-Mortes safe?
It grades C for safety, #47 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 73 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aigues-Mortes good?
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns and #50 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aigues-Mortes expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Aigues-Mortes grades D for cost of living.
About Aigues-Mortes
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Aigues-Mortes is a commune of 8,699 people in the Communauté de communes Terre de Camargue. 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
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.
