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A town of 2,604 in Gard, Occitanie.
La Calmette grades C overall: better than 31% of compared French towns, and #32 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,500/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% 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.
The one thing La Calmette does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Calmette 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in La Calmette; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Calmette.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.6 mi to the nearest one. The brevet pass rate near La Calmette is 85.0%, about level with Gard’s towns (85.0%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). Ranked by results, schools here are #37 of 53 in Gard.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frédéric DesmonsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 85%−5 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.
The median price, €2,500/m², comes from 64 sales of houses and apartments in La Calmette from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 78% of sales, apartments for the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.11/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,484/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 229 deaths in La Calmette from 2016 to 2025; there were 200, 13% fewer. The nearest emergency department to La Calmette is Groupe Hopitalier Caremeau Chu Nimes Territoire Nimes, 7.5 mi away. Average lifespans in Gard: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 4 family doctors.
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.
At the census, 7.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Households’ median disposable income: €24,490 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment runs at 10.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in La Calmette, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Recorded offenses in the town came to 53 in 2025. Violence against people averaged 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 15.8.
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 · When family violence and sexual violence number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (14.2% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 19th century. 8.9% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The median resident of La Calmette is 41.8 years old. The 65-and-over age group makes up just over a fifth of residents. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.8% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Calmette | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near La Calmette. Best known first.
La Calmette has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Temple protestant: Photo: Raptor-kev · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Calmette as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Calmette | 2,604 | — | C | C− | B | B+ |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès | 3,225 | 2.9 | C− | C | B | C+ |
| Caveirac | 4,408 | 6.7 | — | D | — | A |
| Clarensac | 4,386 | 7.1 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Poulx | 4,348 | 7.6 | B+ | D | A+ | A− |
| Nîmes | 151,839 | 7.6 | D | C− | D | C+ |
| Milhaud | 6,297 | 9.5 | D | C− | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #26 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns and #37 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,500/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.72/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Calmette grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
La Calmette is a commune of 2,604 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.