Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,646 in Gard, Occitanie.
Mus has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 8.7 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,938/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Rhony, Vistre, Vidourle. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% 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 one thing Mus does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mus 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mus as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Parcelle contenant des vestiges archéologiques, in Aigues-Vives, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Mus. Best known first.
Archaeological sitePont Ambroix4.7 km southwest, in Gallargues-le-Montueux
ChâteauChâteau d'Aubais4.8 km west, in Aubais
Archaeological siteVestiges archéologiques2 km south, in Aigues-VivesMuseumMuseumAmbrussum4.9 km southwest, in VilletelleChâteauChâteauChâteau de Thomas Burnet2.7 km southwest, in Gallargues-le-MontueuxChâteauChâteauChâteau de Boissières4.6 km northeast, in BoissièresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mus.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Mus is 81.5%, below both Gard’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La GarriguetteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 82%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Mus below both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Mus is above both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,938/m², comes from 50 sales of houses and apartments in Mus from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,010/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Mus comes below both Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 19% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Mus | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
For Mus, that is above both Gard’s towns (€24,880) and compared French towns (€25,970). Mus has 150 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 6.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 13 offenses in the graded categories in Mus in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence 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, 63.5% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Mus 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 Mus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mus | 1,646 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Vergèze | 5,788 | 1 | C+ | C− | B | A− |
| Codognan | 2,529 | 1.2 | — | C− | — | A |
| Aigues-Vives | 3,331 | 1.2 | C+ | C− | A | B− |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux | 3,659 | 2 | C | C− | C | B |
| Aubais | 2,925 | 2.7 | — | C− | — | B |
| Calvisson | 6,486 | 3.2 | C | C− | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mus has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 5% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,938/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mus grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Mus is a commune of 1,646 people in the Communauté de communes Rhony, Vistre, Vidourle. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.