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A town of 3,648 in Gard, Occitanie.
Salindres grades D− overall: better than 2% of compared French towns, and #57 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,064/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération. Its strongest is safety (B): an average of 8.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Salindres does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Salindres 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Salindres as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien palais épiscopal, in Alès, 5.2 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 Salindres.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Salindres, that is above both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 391 residents of Salindres died, against 352 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Salindres sits below both Gard’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Baptiste DumasNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 83%−6 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.
The median price, €2,064/m², comes from 94 sales of houses and apartments in Salindres from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,083/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Salindres above both Gard’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Salindres has 1,750 jobs for 1,400 working residents, 1.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €22,390 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 73 offenses in the graded categories in Salindres in 2025. For armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 6.3% of the index here.
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
On this, Salindres is below both Gard’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 18% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Salindres | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, other places to visit and gardens in and near Salindres. Best known first.
GardenJardins ethnobotaniques de la Gardie4.8 km northwest, in RoussonAttractionAttractionTour Becamelin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rousson2.5 km northwest, in RoussonMuseumMuseumPréhistorama4.5 km northwest, in RoussonZooZooLa Ferme de Magali1.6 km northwest, in RoussonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Salindres is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Salindres.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salindres | 3,648 | — | D− | C− | B | D |
| Rousson | 4,456 | 1.2 | D | C− | A+ | C+ |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux | 5,703 | 2.6 | B+ | C− | A | A− |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers | 3,533 | 2.8 | — | C | — | C |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues | 4,840 | 3.8 | C | C+ | B | C |
| Alès | 46,125 | 4.7 | C | B− | C− | B− |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas | 4,670 | 5.7 | C+ | C | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #34 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns and #39 of 53 in Gard. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,064/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.22/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Salindres grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Salindres is a commune of 3,648 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération. 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.