Overall, Gallargues-le-Montueux earns a C: better than 30% of compared French towns, and #35 of 60 in Gard. The weak point is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is easy to get around without a car: nearly nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Gallargues-le-Montueux 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 Gallargues-le-Montueux.
History
Old homes shape Gallargues-le-Montueux: 21% were built before 1919, more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, Gallargues-le-Montueux counts 19 protected monuments, above Gard’s towns (3) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Among the classé monuments locally is Via Domitia : Pont d'Ambrussum. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity. The town has 7 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 5 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Gallargues-le-Montueux than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.91/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,914/m²: 106 houses and apartments sold in Gallargues-le-Montueux between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 81% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,914/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Gallargues-le-Montueux€2,914/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,004/m²
86
€13.91/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.18 to €17.32/m² a month)
7.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,880
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Rhony, Vistre, Vidourle
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Gallargues-le-Montueux, 12.7%, runs above Gard’s towns and compared French towns
For its 1,700 residents in work, Gallargues-le-Montueux has 2,450 jobs: 1.4 each. Households’ median disposable income: €26,890 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 6.5% of working residents locally at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,450
jobs based in Gallargues-le-Montueux, 1.4 per working resident
12.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 75% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Gallargues-le-Montueux has more crime per resident than 67% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 94 offenses in Gallargues-le-Montueux. Violence against people averaged 6.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 19.2. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
6.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Burglary18
Other physical violence15
Theft from vehicles14
Family violence13
Armed robbery0
Fraud32
Drug use30
Theft without violence14
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.
6.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
94
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.1%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Gallargues-le-Montueux has fewer older residents than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 19% are 65 or over
Graduates make up 35% of adults. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, higher than Gard’s towns (9.5%) and near compared French towns (11%). Half of Gallargues-le-Montueux is older than 41.4, half younger.
41.4median age
Gallargues-le-MontueuxGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education35%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
HealthHealth B
Gallargues-le-Montueux has a lower adjusted death rate than 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Gallargues-le-Montueux records 86 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 258 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 222, 14% fewer. Women in Gard live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises locally.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Gallargues-le-Montueux · 5.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Montpellier Smur Antenne Ch Lunel
10.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupe Hopitalier Caremeau Chu Nimes Territoire Nimes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Tour médiévale, anciennement appelée tour romaine: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison médiévale gothique, ancien hôpital Saint-Jacques: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0 · Ancien domaine de Thomas Burnet: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Gallargues-le-Montueux
2 notable people were born in Gallargues-le-Montueux.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gallargues-le-Montueux
Is Gallargues-le-Montueux safe?
It grades C for safety, #46 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Gallargues-le-Montueux good?
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #28 of 53 in Gard. 98% of 275 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Victor Hugo in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Gallargues-le-Montueux expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,914/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gallargues-le-Montueux grades C− for cost of living.
About Gallargues-le-Montueux
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Gallargues-le-Montueux is a commune of 3,659 people in the Communauté de communes Rhony, Vistre, Vidourle. 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.
