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A town of 1,125 in Gard, Occitanie.
Goudargues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 15.7% unemployment. At the median price of €2,557/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 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+): 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% 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.
The 2 things Goudargues does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Goudargues 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 2 historic monuments in Goudargues, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1939.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Goudargues.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Goudargues sits above both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 122 residents of Goudargues died, against 115 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. 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
That puts Goudargues below both Gard’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Goudargues | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Goudargues is above both Gard’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
In the comparison, Goudargues comes below both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,557/m², comes from 38 sales of houses and apartments in Goudargues from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,635/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Goudargues, that is above both Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Goudargues, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Goudargues, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Goudargues 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goudargues | 1,125 | — | — | C+ | — | D |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze | 18,112 | 8.6 | C+ | B | C | C |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit | 10,958 | 9.3 | B− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie | 3,173 | 12 | B | C | B+ | C+ |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise | 6,835 | 13 | A− | C+ | A | B |
| Mondragon Vaucluse | 3,833 | 13 | D | C+ | B | C+ |
| Lapalud Vaucluse | 3,853 | 13 | C | C+ | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Goudargues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.1 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 €2,557/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Goudargues grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Goudargues is a commune of 1,125 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.
