Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 2,014 people, lies in Gard, Occitanie.
Pupils here do better than most (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Its weakest subject is jobs & income — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.0% unemployment. Buying in is costly (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability — just over three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas 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.
Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres, 1.5 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-Geniès-de-Comolas.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 3 mi off. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ValéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 94%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
9.0% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Gard’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €26,310 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
58 houses and apartments changed hands in Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €10.06/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.83/m² a month, in line with Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,621/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 19% of the population here. 9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by nearly a third of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas is Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange, 7.5 mi away. 122 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 132: 7% below. Adjusted mortality in the town: 93 deaths for every 100 expected. In Gard, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas.
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-Geniès-de-Comolas | 2,014 | — | — | C | — | C+ |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres | 2,996 | 1.4 | B− | C | A | C− |
| Roquemaure | 5,529 | 2.7 | C | C | C− | C |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise | 6,835 | 4 | A− | C+ | A | B |
| Pujaut | 3,982 | 4.8 | A | D | A | A− |
| Orange Vaucluse | 29,706 | 6.4 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Rochefort-du-Gard | 8,117 | 6.9 | C− | D | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 12.8 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 86% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas is a commune of 2,014 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 November 4, 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.