Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,070 in Gard, Occitanie.
Bouillargues grades B+ overall: better than 66% of compared French towns, and #6 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate.
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 Bouillargues 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bouillargues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne milliaire d'Antonin-le-Pieux, in Manduel, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bouillargues.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #1 of 53 in Gard.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les FontainesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 212 | 93%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 88% of what sold. House rents are put at about €11.16/m² a month. Sales in Bouillargues from July 2023 to June 2026: 170 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,653/m² | 149 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Bouillargues has 1,400 jobs for 2,600 working residents, 0.6 per worker. At the census, 8.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, about level with Gard’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). 10.4% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Bouillargues can choose among 9 GPs. Life expectancy in Gard: 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 549 residents of Bouillargues died, against 611 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Graded property crimes ran at 12.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.2 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, 121 offenses were recorded in Bouillargues. Also worth knowing: the commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%. The middle age in Bouillargues is 48.6.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Bouillargues | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit and museums in and near Bouillargues. Best known first.
Nothing in Bouillargues is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bouillargues yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouillargues | 6,070 | — | B+ | C− | B | B |
| Garons | 5,381 | 2 | B | D | B | B− |
| Rodilhan | 2,799 | 2 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Caissargues | 4,079 | 2.4 | B+ | D | C+ | A |
| Manduel | 7,044 | 2.4 | C | D | B− | B− |
| Redessan | 4,211 | 4 | C− | C− | B+ | B |
| Nîmes | 151,839 | 4.4 | D | C− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #33 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 39 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #1 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.03/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bouillargues grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Bouillargues is a commune of 6,070 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. 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.