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Some 1,243 people live in this town, in Gard, Occitanie.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is walkability (D). Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for cost of living and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Méjannes-lès-Alès has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Méjannes-lès-Alès 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.
Méjannes-lès-Alès has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Méjannes-lès-Alès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien palais épiscopal, in Alès, 3.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Méjannes-lès-Alès.
At the census, 4.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 500 residents in work, Méjannes-lès-Alès has 550 jobs: 1 each. The jobless rate is 11.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults, above both Gard’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over. The median resident of Méjannes-lès-Alès is 47.4 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Méjannes-lès-Alès | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 94 residents of Méjannes-lès-Alès died, against 109 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. In Gard, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Méjannes-lès-Alès is Nouvelle clinique Bonnefon Ales, 3.3 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Méjannes-lès-Alès: 27 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €9.63/m² a month. Houses were 89% of what sold.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Méjannes-lès-Alès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Méjannes-lès-Alès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méjannes-lès-Alès | 1,243 | — | — | B− | — | B |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas | 4,670 | 1.7 | C+ | C | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux | 5,703 | 3.1 | B+ | C− | A | A− |
| Alès | 46,125 | 3.4 | C | B− | C− | B− |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès | 7,310 | 3.8 | C− | C | B | B− |
| Salindres | 3,648 | 4.6 | D− | C− | B | D |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues | 4,840 | 5.2 | C | C+ | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Méjannes-lès-Alès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Méjannes-lès-Alès is a commune of 1,243 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 November 9, 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.