Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,707 residents make their home in this town in Gard, Occitanie.
The local economy is weaker than most: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,553/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération. It is hard to get around without a car: 8% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools lag (C−): brevet results 2 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Boisset-et-Gaujac has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Boisset-et-Gaujac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Boisset-et-Gaujac 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.
Boisset-et-Gaujac has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Boisset-et-Gaujac has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1998.
Louis Joseph Elisabeth Fortuné de Renaud de Boulogne, born in 1786, is the one person born in Boisset-et-Gaujac before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Boisset-et-Gaujac. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boisset-et-Gaujac.
3.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. After tax and benefits, the median income is €24,140 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment runs at 11.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,553/m²: 60 houses and apartments sold in Boisset-et-Gaujac between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 98% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,553/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.2 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.1 mi away. Ranked by results, schools here are #32 of 53 in Gard.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège FlorianNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 83%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. Line up the people of Boisset-et-Gaujac by age and the one in the middle is 48.5. 29% of adults hold a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Boisset-et-Gaujac | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 300 deaths in Boisset-et-Gaujac from 2016 to 2025; there were 343, 14% more. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 92 per 100 expected, close to Gard’s towns (90) and above compared French towns (88). Life expectancy in Gard: 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. 7.2% of its homes were built before 1919, below Gard’s towns (10%) and close to compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Of the graded crimes in Boisset-et-Gaujac, criminal damage came up most often (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.6 violent offenses and 6.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 23 offenses in the town in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (31.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Boisset-et-Gaujac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Boisset-et-Gaujac.
Louis Joseph Elisabeth Fortuné de Renaud de Boulogne: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boisset-et-Gaujac | 2,707 | — | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Bagard | 2,605 | 1.9 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Anduze | 3,391 | 2.3 | C− | C+ | D | B+ |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès | 7,310 | 3.5 | C− | C | B | B− |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas | 4,670 | 5.6 | C+ | C | A− | C+ |
| Alès | 46,125 | 6.2 | C | B− | C− | B− |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard | 2,586 | 7.9 | B | B+ | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Boisset-et-Gaujac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #32 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,553/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Boisset-et-Gaujac grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Boisset-et-Gaujac is a commune of 2,707 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 November 4, 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.
