Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,456 in Gard, Occitanie.
Rousson grades D overall: better than 14% of compared French towns, and #49 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 12.2% unemployment. At the median price of €2,300/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Rousson does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rousson 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Rousson, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1963.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rousson.
Rousson ranks first of the 60 compared towns in Gard on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie recorded 50 offenses in the graded categories in Rousson in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft 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, 19.7% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
At the census, 3.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Rousson below both Gard’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Baptiste DumasNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 83%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,300/m², comes from 122 sales of houses and apartments in Rousson from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,304/m² | 119 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Rousson, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 388 residents of Rousson died, against 358 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Rousson’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
On this, Rousson is below both Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 25% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Rousson | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, gardens and museums in and near Rousson. Best known first.
GardenJardins ethnobotaniques de la Gardiein townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Roussonin townMuseumMuseumPréhistoramain townZooZooLa Ferme de Magaliin townChâteauChâteauTour Becamel2.8 km southeast, in SalindresAttractionAttractionTour Becamel2.8 km southeast, in SalindresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
The list names few of Rousson’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Guylainemasdemartel · CC BY-SA 4.0
One notable person was born in Rousson.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousson | 4,456 | — | D | C− | A+ | C+ |
| Salindres | 3,648 | 1.2 | D− | C− | B | D |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers | 3,533 | 2.1 | — | C | — | C |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux | 5,703 | 3 | B+ | C− | A | A− |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues | 4,840 | 3.5 | C | C+ | B | C |
| Alès | 46,125 | 4.9 | C | B− | C− | B− |
| Saint-Ambroix | 3,445 | 5.5 | D− | B | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns and #39 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,300/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.04/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Rousson grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Rousson is a commune of 4,456 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) · 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.