Branoux-les-Taillades’s strongest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools and B− for health. It lags on walkability as well: 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Branoux-les-Taillades has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Branoux-les-Taillades 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.
Église Saint-Pierre de Blannaves: Photo: Charliebube · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Branoux-les-Taillades.
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Branoux-les-Taillades is harder to get around on foot than 94% of compared French towns
3%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 3.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The median disposable income is €22,380 a year per consumption unit. 13.1% of people in the labour force have no job.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
200
jobs based in Branoux-les-Taillades, 0.5 per working resident
13.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 6% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Branoux-les-Taillades than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.27/m² a month
€1,429/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,429/m², below both Gard’s towns (€2,553/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Sales in Branoux-les-Taillades from July 2023 to June 2026: 41 houses and apartments. Houses made up 80% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Branoux-les-Taillades€1,429/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,624/m²
33
€8.27/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.59 to €10.38/m² a month)
4.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 33% of people in Branoux-les-Taillades are 65 or over, more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns
54.5median age
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. 13% are under 15, below both Gard’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Branoux-les-Taillades is 54.5.
Branoux-les-TailladesGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Branoux-les-Taillades keeps more of its old housing than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919
1historic monument
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Branoux-les-Taillades, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
More deaths than expected: Branoux-les-Taillades is above 51% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Gard is 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 144 residents of Branoux-les-Taillades died, against 163 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Branoux-les-Taillades is Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes, 7 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw88
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Branoux-les-Taillades · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes
7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Branoux-les-Taillades is a commune of 1,278 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
Population
1,278 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération
Département
Gard (30)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.8 sq mi (15 km²)
INSEE code
30051
Branoux-les-Taillades’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Branoux-les-Taillades
Is Branoux-les-Taillades safe?
Branoux-les-Taillades has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Branoux-les-Taillades good?
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Branoux-les-Taillades expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Branoux-les-Taillades grades A− for cost of living.
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.
