Pont-Saint-Esprit grades B− overall and ranks #13 of 60 in Gard. Set against the rest, it does better than 50% of compared French towns. Schools are its strong suit: brevet results 1.1 points above the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car (B+): 63% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €1,772/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and C+ for health.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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).
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 Pont-Saint-Esprit 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 Pont-Saint-Esprit.
History
Pont-Saint-Esprit is rich in protected monuments: 16 per 10,000 residents, more than Gard’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 2013. Pont-Saint-Esprit has 18 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 14 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Ancienne église Saint-Pierre.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Pont-Saint-Esprit hold a degree than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 23%
15% are under 15, below both Gard’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 28% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% of the town.
48.4median age
Pont-Saint-EspritGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Pont-Saint-Esprit are out of work than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.1%
The median disposable income was €22,320 a year per consumption unit, below both Gard’s towns (€24,880) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 3.0% of Pont-Saint-Esprit’s working residents to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot8%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
3,150
jobs based in Pont-Saint-Esprit, 0.8 per working resident
17.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,320
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 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Pont-Saint-Esprit’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pont-Saint-Esprit is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze, 6.8 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 1,433 residents of Pont-Saint-Esprit died, against 1,335 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Its four care homes for older people (231 places) count their residents as Pont-Saint-Esprit’s; allowing for them, deaths were 10% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Pont-Saint-Esprit can choose among 5 GPs.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw107
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Pont-Saint-Esprit · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze
7.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Per resident, Pont-Saint-Esprit sees more crime than 54% of compared French towns
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Pont-Saint-Esprit (2025). The police record for Pont-Saint-Esprit lists 241 offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 7.9 cases of violence against people and 14.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
7.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage100
Family violence37
Other physical violence35
Sexual violence26
Burglary15
Vehicle theft14
Theft from vehicles14
Theft without violence96
Fraud76
Drug use52
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.
7.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
241
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living B−
Pont-Saint-Esprit gets a B− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,772/m², comes from 404 sales of houses and apartments in Pont-Saint-Esprit from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Pont-Saint-Esprit sell for €2,092/m² and apartments for €1,273/m². Among the homes sold, 60% were houses.
€1,772/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pont-Saint-Esprit€1,772/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,092/m²
241
Apartments
€1,273/m²
163
€11.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.29 to €14.89/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,930
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien
Georges Ville: unattributed, Public domain · Fernand Crémieux: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Gilbert Baumet: Ishtar666, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre Taillant: Dupont (Meaux), Public domain · Adrien Bonnefoy-Sibour: Agence Rol, Public domain · Camille Rouyer: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Pont-Saint-Esprit’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pont-Saint-Esprit
Is Pont-Saint-Esprit safe?
It grades B− for safety, #36 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 100 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Pont-Saint-Esprit good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #8 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pont-Saint-Esprit expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,772/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.76/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pont-Saint-Esprit grades B− for cost of living.
About Pont-Saint-Esprit
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Pont-Saint-Esprit is a commune of 10,958 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien. 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.
