Aimargues grades C− overall: better than 15% of compared French towns, and #47 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 7.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,920/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de Petite Camargue. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Aimargues 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Château de Teillan · Inscrit · Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY 3.0
Aimargues’ story
Aimargues in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Aimargues: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 3 people born in Aimargues before 1900, the earliest François Joseph Pamphile de Lacroix, in 1774.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Aimargues costs more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.87/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Aimargues, that is above both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,920/m², comes from 196 sales of houses and apartments in Aimargues from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,920/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aimargues€2,920/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,892/m²
169
€13.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.33 to €16.97/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.20/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Petite Camargue
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Aimargues’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 76% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Aimargues’ deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, above both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 426 residents of Aimargues died, against 410 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−2%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted98
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Aimargues · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Montpellier Smur Antenne Ch Lunel
10.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupe Hopitalier Caremeau Chu Nimes Territoire Nimes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Aimargues records less crime per resident than 75% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 80 offenses in the graded categories in Aimargues in 2025. With 3,400 jobs for 2,550 working residents, Aimargues draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. For armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 3.4% of the index here.
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Family violence13
Sexual violence11
Burglary9
Theft from vehicles7
Other physical violence6
Fraud37
Theft without violence26
Drug use13
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
80
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Aimargues keeps more of its old housing than Gard or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Aimargues above both Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Aimargues: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Aimargues is Stèles funéraires antiques.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Aimargues has 1.3 jobs for every resident in work
6.1% of Aimargues’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 90% drove.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,400
jobs based in Aimargues, 1.3 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,090
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns
Château de Teillan: Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aimargues
Is Aimargues safe?
It grades A− for safety, #17 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aimargues good?
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns and #44 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aimargues expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,920/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Aimargues grades D for cost of living.
About Aimargues
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Aimargues is a commune of 5,705 people in the Communauté de communes de Petite 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.
