Collias has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. Its strongest is walkability (B): 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Collias 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Collias’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 62% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 88 residents of Collias died, against 95 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Collias · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
11.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Collias keeps more of its old housing than Gard or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Collias, that is above both Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Collias: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Collias is Grotte des Colonnes.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Collias has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 13 offenses in the graded categories in Collias in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 41.1% of the index here.
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage8
Theft from vehicles5
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Theft without violence11
Drug use9
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
41.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Collias
Is Collias safe?
Collias has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 18.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Collias
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Collias is a commune of 1,095 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.
