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A town of 2,605 in Gard, Occitanie.
Bagard has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,611/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bagard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bagard 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.
Bagard has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bagard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Grand Temple, in Anduze, 3.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bagard.
At the census, 3.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Bagard has 550 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.6 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Bagard sits above both Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Bagard | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Bagard below both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,611/m², comes from 71 sales of houses and apartments in Bagard from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,583/m² | 68 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 364 residents of Bagard died, against 327 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. Its care home for older people (84 places) counts its residents as Bagard’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.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée polyvalent Jacques PrévertNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 226 | 96%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and museums in and near Bagard. Best known first.
Nothing in Bagard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Bagard as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagard | 2,605 | — | — | B− | — | B− |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès | 7,310 | 1.6 | C− | C | B | B− |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac | 2,707 | 1.9 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas | 4,670 | 3.7 | C+ | C | A− | C+ |
| Anduze | 3,391 | 3.8 | C− | C+ | D | B+ |
| Alès | 46,125 | 4.5 | C | B− | C− | B− |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux | 5,703 | 6.4 | B+ | C− | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bagard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,611/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bagard grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Bagard is a commune of 2,605 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération. 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
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 October 30, 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.