Jobs & income is its weak spot — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.9% unemployment. It lags on cost of living as well: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 58% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for just over one in ten homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sainte-Anastasie 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 Sainte-Anastasie 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Anastasie.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Fewer commuters in Sainte-Anastasie walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 3.3%
At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Sainte-Anastasie didn’t travel to work at all. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,180 a year per consumption unit. The jobless rate is 10.9%.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Sainte-Anastasie, 0.2 per working resident
10.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,180
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 16% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Sainte-Anastasie’s median home price is €2,452/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.02/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 50 homes were sold in Sainte-Anastasie. Houses made up 98% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,452/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sainte-Anastasie€2,452/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,459/m²
49
€12.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.05 to €16.11/m² a month)
7.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.02/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
History
Sainte-Anastasie keeps more of its old housing than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Sainte-Anastasie is Grotte préhistoriques de Labaume-Latrone. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Sainte-Anastasie has fewer older residents than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 20% are 65 or over
Degrees are held by 32% of adults, above Gard’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Line up the people of Sainte-Anastasie by age and the one in the middle is 45.7. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town.
45.7median age
Sainte-AnastasieGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Sainte-Anastasie has a higher adjusted death rate than 55% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Sainte-Anastasie have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Anastasie is Groupe Hopitalier Caremeau Chu Nimes Territoire Nimes, 8.1 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 110 residents of Sainte-Anastasie died, against 123 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. Life expectancy in Gard: 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Sainte-Anastasie · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Groupe Hopitalier Caremeau Chu Nimes Territoire Nimes
8.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Groupe Hopitalier Caremeau Chu Nimes Territoire Nimes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Grotte préhistoriques de Labaume-Latrone: Photo: Stéphane Batigne · CC BY 3.0 · Ancien prieuré Saint-Nicolas de Campagnac: Photo: Petri Krohn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Russan: Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Sainte-Anastasie
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sainte-Anastasie yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sainte-Anastasie
Is Sainte-Anastasie safe?
Sainte-Anastasie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 11.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sainte-Anastasie expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.72/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Sainte-Anastasie grades C− for cost of living.
About Sainte-Anastasie
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Sainte-Anastasie is a commune of 1,738 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.
