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A town of 1,705 in Gard, Occitanie.
Connaux 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; 13.0% unemployment. At the median price of €2,545/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% 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 Connaux 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 Connaux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église paroissiale Saint-Martin-de-Jussan, in Tresques, 1.7 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Connaux.
Unemployment runs at 13.0%. The median disposable income was €26,330 a year per consumption unit, higher than Gard’s towns (€24,880) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.3% of working residents in Connaux didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
71 sales of houses and apartments in Connaux, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,545/m². The sales split: 83% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,639/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
25% of residents are 65 or over, near Gard’s towns (24%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Half of Connaux is older than 47.5, half younger. Among adults, 31% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Connaux | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 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.
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, 130 residents of Connaux died, against 145 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Connaux is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze, 5 mi away.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Nothing in Connaux 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 Connaux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connaux | 1,705 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise | 6,835 | 3.9 | A− | C+ | A | B |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze | 18,112 | 5 | C+ | B | C | C |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres | 2,996 | 6 | B− | C | A | C− |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie | 3,173 | 8.2 | B | C | B+ | C+ |
| Roquemaure | 5,529 | 9.6 | C | C | C− | C |
| Rochefort-du-Gard | 8,117 | 9.9 | C− | D | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Connaux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 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 €2,545/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Connaux grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Connaux is a commune of 1,705 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien. 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.