Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. It also trails on safety (C−): an average of 14.5 recorded violent incidents and 17.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at C, #36 of 60 in Gard. Nationally, it does better than 28% of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 La Grand-Combe 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 La Grand-Combe.
HousingCost of living A
Homes in La Grand-Combe cost less than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns, with a median sale of €976/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération. No town in Gard costs less to buy into than La Grand-Combe, at €976/m², the lowest of 68. In La Grand-Combe, houses go for €1,231/m² and apartments for €697/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €8.96/m² a month, below both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€976/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Grand-Combe€976/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,231/m²
67
Apartments
€697/m²
44
€8.96/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.11 to €11.29/m² a month)
3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.53/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,570
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in La Grand-Combe than in 85% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in La Grand-Combe were criminal damage than anything else (2025). 2025 saw 147 offenses recorded here.
14.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage45
Family violence29
Other physical violence27
Burglary19
Vehicle theft16
Sexual violence11
Drug use57
Fraud26
Theft without violence24
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.
14.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
147
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.7%
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 · For armed robbery and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 2.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C−
More deaths than expected: La Grand-Combe is above 84% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Gard, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. Adjusted mortality in La Grand-Combe: 103 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 703 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 838, 19% more.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in La Grand-Combe · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes
5.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in La Grand-Combe are out of work than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: 21.4%
After tax and benefits, the median income is €16,360 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.0% of working residents in La Grand-Combe at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,300
jobs based in La Grand-Combe, 1.2 per working resident
21.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€16,360
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in La Grand-Combe hold a degree than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 15%
27% of residents are 65 or over, above both Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%. The median resident of La Grand-Combe is 46.3 years old.
46.3median age
La Grand-CombeGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 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
History
Old homes shape La Grand-Combe: 15% 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.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in La Grand-Combe; none is classé, France’s top protection. Protection here reaches back to the 20th century.
Claude Sauzet: Alain.sauzet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Louis Gibert: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain · Serge Saunière: Françoise Gautier ( [GAUTIER & Co ]), CC BY-SA 4.0
La Grand-Combe’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about La Grand-Combe
Is La Grand-Combe safe?
It grades C− for safety, #55 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 45 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in La Grand-Combe good?
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #26 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Grand-Combe expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Grand-Combe grades A for cost of living.
About La Grand-Combe
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
La Grand-Combe is a commune of 4,783 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération. 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.
