Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,245 in Gard, Occitanie.
Saint-Alexandre has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 16% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,734/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 d'agglomération du Gard Rhodanien. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Alexandre 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 Saint-Alexandre as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de Piolenc, dit Maison des Chevaliers, in Pont-Saint-Esprit, 2 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Alexandre.
At the census, 3.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €28,470 a year per consumption unit. Saint-Alexandre has 200 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Saint-Alexandre is 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 C+ 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Saint-Alexandre comes above both Gard’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges VilleNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 94 | 86%−3 pts |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 80 | 100%+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, €2,734/m², comes from 31 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Alexandre from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,734/m² | 31 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Saint-Alexandre, that is below both Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 33% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Alexandre | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Saint-Alexandre in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 70.9% 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
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Alexandre. Best known first.
MuseumMusée d'Art sacré du Gard3.2 km northeast, in Pont-Saint-EspritChâteauChâteauCitadelle de Pont-Saint-Esprit3.5 km northeast, in Pont-Saint-EspritAttractionAttractionEscalier monumental des quais du Rhône3.4 km northeast, in Pont-Saint-EspritChâteauChâteauChâteau des Bruyères2.2 km east, in Pont-Saint-EspritPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saint-Alexandre is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Alexandre as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alexandre | 1,245 | — | — | C | — | A− |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit | 10,958 | 1.9 | B− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Mondragon Vaucluse | 3,833 | 4.5 | D | C+ | B | C+ |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze | 18,112 | 5 | C+ | B | C | C |
| Mornas Vaucluse | 2,569 | 5.8 | D− | C+ | D− | B− |
| Lapalud Vaucluse | 3,853 | 6 | C | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Bollène Vaucluse | 14,024 | 7.2 | D | C+ | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Alexandre has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 80% 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 €2,734/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.52/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Alexandre grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Saint-Alexandre is a commune of 1,245 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
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.