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With 792 residents, it is a town in Gard, Occitanie.

Is Meyrannes a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Meyrannes is too small for the grades other French towns get. 16% of homes here are second homes. 36% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Meyrannes stand out

The 2 things Meyrannes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption · Inscrit · Photo: Amenthe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Meyrannes’ story

Meyrannes in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Meyrannes; none is classé, France’s top protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 2003.

21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2003First protected: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meyrannes.

Who lives here

Meyrannes has fewer young adults than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 6.6% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 36% of the town, higher than both Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 13% of the town. Among adults, 18% have a degree.

56.7median age
MeyrannesGard medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Meyrannes
MeyrannesGard medianFrance median
Under 1513%17%17%
15–246.6%9.5%11%
25–4419%21%23%
45–6426%27%26%
65+36%24%22%
No diploma22%20%19%
CAP or BEP33%26%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education18%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Meyrannes keeps more of its old housing than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Meyrannes; none is classé, France’s top protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
12th c.
oldest protected part
2003
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Meyrannes, 17.2%, runs above Gard’s towns and compared French towns

Meyrannes has 100 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €20,740 a year. 3.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
100
jobs based in Meyrannes, 0.5 per working resident
17.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

70.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 12 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The nearest collège is 2.1 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.1 mi off.

70.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Meyrannes70.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Armand CoussensNearest collègeCollègeCollège8870%−12 pts
70.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −12 pts against the expected rate
2.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Meyrannes than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.00/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 21 homes were sold in Meyrannes.

€9.00/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Meyrannes€9.00/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Gard median€12.19/m²
€9.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.21 to €11.23/m² a month)
€9.69/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Montalet and 4 more in and around Meyrannes

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Meyrannes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Meyrannes

13pages on Meyrannes

Landmarks

Meyrannes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: Photo: Amenthe · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Meyrannes

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Meyrannes yet.

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Meyrannes’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Gard →
Saint-AmbroixBessègesRoussonSalindresSaint-Julien-les-RosiersLa Grand-CombeSaint-AmbroixBessègesRoussonSalindresSaint-Julien-les-RosiersLa Grand-CombeMeyrannes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Meyrannes792—————
Saint-Ambroix3,4452.2D−BC−D
Bessèges2,6063.2C+AC+D
Rousson4,4565.9DC−A+C+
Salindres3,6486.9D−C−BD
Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers3,5337—C—C
La Grand-Combe4,7837.4CAC−C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Meyrannes

Commune in Gard, Occitanie

Meyrannes is a commune of 792 people in the Communauté de communes de Cèze Cévennes. 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

Population
792 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Cèze Cévennes
Département
Gard (30)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.6 sq mi (6.6 km²)
INSEE code
30167

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 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.