Le Cailar grades C+ overall: better than 45% of compared French towns, and #16 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% 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.
Each subject compares Le Cailar 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 Le Cailar.
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Le Cailar costs more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.57/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Le Cailar is above both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,947/m², comes from 77 sales of houses and apartments in Le Cailar from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,947/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Cailar€2,947/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,979/m²
75
€13.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.25 to €16.38/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,280
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Petite Camargue
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Le Cailar’s ages would predict, 77 per 100 expected, under Gard’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Le Cailar comes below both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 207 residents of Le Cailar died, against 271 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 23% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw77
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Le Cailar · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Montpellier Smur Antenne Ch Lunel
10.7 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
Le Cailar records less crime per resident than 80% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 30 offenses in the graded categories in Le Cailar in 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13 (2023–2025 average). For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 24.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
2.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage21
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Theft without violence5
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.
2.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
30
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
24.9%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Le Cailar, 8.3%, runs below Gard’s towns and compared French towns
For Le Cailar, that is below both Gard’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Le Cailar has 350 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 0.3 per worker. 5.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Le Cailar, 0.3 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 20% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Le Cailar keeps more of its old housing than Gard or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Le Cailar sits above both Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Le Cailar, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Cailar
Is Le Cailar safe?
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Cailar good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #22 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Cailar expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,947/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Cailar grades D for cost of living.
About Le Cailar
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Le Cailar is a commune of 2,578 people in the Communauté de communes de Petite Camargue. 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.
