Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 702 in Gard, Occitanie.
Saint-Brès is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Saint-Brès does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Brès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de cimetière, in Saint-André-de-Cruzières, 2.8 mi away.
24% 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-Brès.
That puts Saint-Brès below both Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 13% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Saint-Brès | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.6% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
On this, Saint-Brès is above both Gard’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Saint-Brès has 50 jobs for 250 working residents, 0.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €20,740 a year per consumption unit.
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.
In the comparison, Saint-Brès comes below both Gard’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Armand CoussensNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 70%−12 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.
For Saint-Brès, that is below both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,918/m², comes from 36 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Brès from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,988/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Brès. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Brès 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 Saint-Brès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Brès | 702 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Ambroix | 3,445 | 1.5 | D− | B | C− | D |
| Bessèges | 2,606 | 4.9 | C+ | A | C+ | D |
| Rousson | 4,456 | 6.9 | D | C− | A+ | C+ |
| Salindres | 3,648 | 7.6 | D− | C− | B | D |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers | 3,533 | 8.3 | — | C | — | C |
| Les Vans Ardèche | 2,662 | 9.3 | C | C | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Saint-Brès is a commune of 702 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
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.