Fourques grades C+ overall: better than 41% of compared French towns, and #23 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
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 Fourques 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fourques.
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Fourques costs more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.71/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Fourques is above both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,747/m², comes from 63 sales of houses and apartments in Fourques from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,747/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fourques€2,747/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,707/m²
52
€13.71/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.04 to €17.04/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Fourques sees fewer deaths than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 84 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Fourques comes below both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Fourques · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
3.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fourques has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
7.3% of Fourques’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 86% drove.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
500
jobs based in Fourques, 0.4 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 62% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Fourques has less crime per resident than 61% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 43 offenses in the graded categories in Fourques in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 12.5% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
5.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage21
Burglary9
Family violence8
Vehicle theft5
Fraud27
Theft without violence17
Drug use16
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.
5.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
43
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
2 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1996
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Fourques: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1996.
2historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit1
10th c.
oldest protected part
1913
first monument protected
1996
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fourques
Is Fourques safe?
It grades B for safety, #28 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Fourques good?
They grade B, better than 59% of compared French towns and #17 of 53 in Gard. The lycée stands out: 96% of 226 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Polyvalent Montmajour in 2025, 4 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fourques expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,747/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Fourques grades D for cost of living.
About Fourques
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Fourques is a commune of 2,680 people in the Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence. 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.
