Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,381 in Gard, Occitanie.
Garons grades B overall: better than 56% of compared French towns, and #11 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate.
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 Garons 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Garons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien prieuré Saint-Vincent-de-Broussan, in Bellegarde, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garons.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Garons above both Gard’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #1 of 53 in Gard.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les FontainesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 212 | 93%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 135 sales of houses and apartments in Garons from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,553/m² for the median of compared towns in Gard.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,699/m² | 106 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
7.9% of Garons’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 88% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Garons is above both Gard’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). 18% of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Garons | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 106 offenses in the graded categories in Garons in 2025. For sexual violence and armed robbery, 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, 2.6% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 495 residents of Garons died, against 477 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its care home for older people (72 places) counts its residents as Garons’; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. 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.
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
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Garons. Best known first.
Nothing in Garons is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Garons.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garons | 5,381 | — | B | D | B | B− |
| Bouillargues | 6,070 | 2 | B+ | C− | B | B |
| Caissargues | 4,079 | 2.8 | B+ | D | C+ | A |
| Manduel | 7,044 | 3.8 | C | D | B− | B− |
| Rodilhan | 2,799 | 4 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Bellegarde | 8,035 | 4.2 | D− | D | C+ | C− |
| Générac | 4,046 | 4.9 | C+ | C− | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #30 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns and #1 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.19/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Garons grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Garons is a commune of 5,381 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. 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.