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In Gard, Occitanie, this town has 1,056 residents.
Jobs & income is its strong suit (B+) — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. The weak point is walkability (D). It also trails on cost of living (C−) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 42% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Paul-les-Fonts 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-Paul-les-Fonts 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-Paul-les-Fonts has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Paul-les-Fonts as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines de la chapelle Saint-Martin, in Saint-Victor-la-Coste, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Paul-les-Fonts is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Paul-les-Fonts.
The median disposable income is €27,760 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.1% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Saint-Paul-les-Fonts from July 2023 to June 2026: 29 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 93% were houses.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Gard is 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 154 deaths in Saint-Paul-les-Fonts from 2016 to 2025; there were 203, 32% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Paul-les-Fonts is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze, 5.4 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
19% are under 15, higher than both Gard’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by a third of adults. Typical age in Saint-Paul-les-Fonts: 43.7, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Paul-les-Fonts | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
More of the graded crimes in Saint-Paul-les-Fonts were other physical violence than anything else (2025). Violence against people averaged 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7.5.
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 · Small counts of family violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saint-Paul-les-Fonts. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Paul-les-Fonts yet.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Saint-Paul-les-Fonts is a commune of 1,056 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
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-Paul-les-Fonts | 1,056 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise | 6,835 | 3.2 | A− | C+ | A | B |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres | 2,996 | 4.9 | B− | C | A | C− |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze | 18,112 | 5.4 | C+ | B | C | C |
| Roquemaure | 5,529 | 8.4 | C | C | C− | C |
| Rochefort-du-Gard | 8,117 | 8.9 | C− | D | B | B+ |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie | 3,173 | 9 | B | C | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Paul-les-Fonts has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.