Buying 70 m² at the median €2,541/m² takes 7.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. School results trail most towns: brevet results 9.3 points below the expected rate. Overall, that makes a D−, good for #58 of 60 in Gard. Set against the rest, it does better than 2% of compared French towns. Safety is weaker too (D) — an average of 10.5 recorded violent incidents and 23.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
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 Marguerittes 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Marguerittes runs higher than in 90% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Marguerittes was theft from vehicles (2025). Over 2025, Marguerittes logged 289 recorded offenses. The town comes 58th of the 60 compared towns in Gard on the Safety Grade.
10.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles81
Criminal damage68
Family violence39
Burglary36
Other physical violence33
Vehicle theft18
Sexual violence14
Drug use119
Fraud78
Theft without violence55
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.
10.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
289
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C−
Homes in Marguerittes sell for a median €2,541/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Marguerittes sell for €2,465/m², houses for €2,577/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €10.24/m² a month. The market here: 244 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€2,541/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Marguerittes€2,541/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,577/m²
203
Apartments
€2,465/m²
41
€12.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.96 to €14.78/m² a month)
7.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.24/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Marguerittes skews older, with 27% of residents 65 or over, more than in Gard’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 15%, below both Gard’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Marguerittes: 48.6, the median. Among adults, 26% have a degree.
48.6median age
MarguerittesGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
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
2 historic monuments in Marguerittes, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 5.4% of the total, below Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. The earliest of these monuments dates from Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Marguerittes sees fewer deaths than 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Gard live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 875 deaths in Marguerittes from 2016 to 2025; there were 781, 11% fewer. Its care home for older people (33 places) counts its residents as Marguerittes’; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. There are 10 general practitioners in the town.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Marguerittes · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
5.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Marguerittes has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.8 for each
The census found 7.1% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Marguerittes didn’t travel to work at all. Unemployment stood at 11.6%, about level with Gard’s towns (11.9%) and above compared French towns (10.1%).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
2,500
jobs based in Marguerittes, 0.8 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,130
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 55% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marguerittes
Is Marguerittes safe?
It grades D for safety, #58 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 36 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Marguerittes good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns and #51 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Marguerittes expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.13/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Marguerittes grades C− for cost of living.
About Marguerittes
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Marguerittes is a commune of 8,346 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
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.
