Aramon grades C overall: better than 35% of compared French towns, and #26 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is schools (D): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,356/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pont du Gard. Its strongest is safety (B): an average of 6 recorded violent incidents and 13.2 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 Aramon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aramon.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Aramon than in Gard or compared French towns: 20 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Aramon is above both Gard’s towns (3) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Aramon: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Aramon is Hôtel Sauvan ou de Choisity.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Aramon has less crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 67 offenses in the graded categories in Aramon in 2025. For sexual violence 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, 4.7% of the index here. With 2,150 jobs for 1,650 working residents, Aramon draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage31
Family violence16
Vehicle theft8
Burglary7
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud26
Theft without violence21
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.
6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
67
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.7%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Aramon has 1.3 jobs for every resident in work
8.1% of Aramon’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 88% drove.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
2,150
jobs based in Aramon, 1.3 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Aramon’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 451 residents of Aramon died, against 423 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Aramon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Aramon · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
6.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Hôtel Sauvan ou de Choisity: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour dite du Bréchet: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel de Laudun: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aramon
Is Aramon safe?
It grades B for safety, #28 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aramon good?
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns and #41 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aramon expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.54/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Aramon grades C+ for cost of living.
About Aramon
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Aramon is a commune of 4,081 people in the Communauté de communes du Pont du Gard. 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.
