Saint-Gervasy’s strongest subject is safety — an average of 7.9 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. School results trail most towns (D−): brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. It lags on jobs & income as well (D−) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.8% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,540/m²: 70 m² comes to 7.7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Gervasy 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.
Each subject compares Saint-Gervasy 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
For cost of living, Saint-Gervasy gets a C−
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,540/m², comes from 61 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Gervasy from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.06/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 84% were houses.
€2,540/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Saint-Gervasy€2,540/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,667/m²
51
€12.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.10 to €15.23/m² a month)
7.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A town of families: 20% of people in Saint-Gervasy are under 15, more than in Gard’s towns and across compared French towns
18% of residents are 65 or over, below both Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town. Residents of Saint-Gervasy have a median age of 42.
42median age
Saint-GervasyGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education29%
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%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Per resident, Saint-Gervasy sees less crime than 56% of compared French towns
Family violence topped the graded crimes in Saint-Gervasy (2025). The police record for Saint-Gervasy lists 37 offenses in 2025.
7.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence15
Criminal damage15
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud13
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
12.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
37
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
18.8%
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (18.8% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Gervasy sees fewer deaths than 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
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. From 2016 to 2025, 122 residents of Saint-Gervasy died, against 141 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Gervasy is Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes, 7.1 mi away.
−14%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw86
Adjusted86
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saint-Gervasy · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Only 5.7% of commuters in Saint-Gervasy go to work without a car, fewer than in Gard’s towns and across compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 9.8%, lower than Gard’s towns (11.9%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 2.8% of working residents in Saint-Gervasy to work at the census. At the census, 2.5% of working residents in Saint-Gervasy didn’t travel to work at all.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
200
jobs based in Saint-Gervasy, 0.2 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Gervasy
Is Saint-Gervasy safe?
It grades B for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Saint-Gervasy good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Gervasy expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,540/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.41/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Gervasy grades C− for cost of living.
About Saint-Gervasy
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Saint-Gervasy is a commune of 1,984 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole. 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.
