Sommières grades low on several counts. Safety is its weak spot: an average of 16 recorded violent incidents and 25.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Sommières earns a D, which places it #52 of 60 in Gard. That leaves it better than a tenth of compared French towns. School results are strong: bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 1.4 points above the expected rate. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,692/m² takes 7.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Sommières. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (D) — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 17.2% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sommières 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 Sommières.
Safety
Sommières records more crime per resident than 96% of compared French towns
With 2,300 jobs for 1,850 working residents, Sommières draws people in from neighbouring communes. The town comes 59th of the 60 compared towns in Gard on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie figures for Sommières show 188 offenses in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
16recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage65
Other physical violence48
Family violence35
Vehicle theft14
Burglary11
Sexual violence8
Theft from vehicles7
Theft without violence45
Fraud28
Drug use24
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.
16
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
25.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
188
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Sommières run above what its ages would predict: 106 per 100 expected, more than in both Gard’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Sommières is Chu Montpellier Smur Antenne Ch Lunel, 7.8 mi away. 620 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 499: 24% above. Average lifespans in Gard: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 11 GPs practise in the town.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Sommières · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Montpellier Smur Antenne Ch Lunel
12 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
Sommières has higher unemployment than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 17.2%
Half of residents lived on more than €22,550 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Gard’s towns (€24,880) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.7% of Sommières’ working residents to work at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot8%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
2,300
jobs based in Sommières, 1.2 per working resident
17.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Sommières than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 92.8%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
98.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Sommières, above both Gard’s towns (94.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Results rank its schools #10 of 53 in Gard.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Median price in Sommières: €2,692/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Sommières sell for €1,719/m², houses for €3,131/m². Houses were two thirds of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 192 homes here.
€2,692/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sommières€2,692/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,131/m²
129
Apartments
€1,719/m²
63
€11.92/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.61 to €14.79/m² a month)
7.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,100
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Sommières
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Sommières: 29% were built before 1919, more than in both Gard’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. Since 2000, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Sommières: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level).
4historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé1
Inscrit3
10th c.
oldest protected part
1926
first monument protected
2000
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Students and young workers shape Sommières: 11% are 15 to 24, above Gard’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Gard’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Sommières: 43.2, the median. Over-65s are 22% of the population.
43.2median age
SommièresGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Jean-Baptiste Fabre: Jean-Louis Lascoux, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Émilien Dumas: Jules Salles, Public domain · Jacques Louis Vialla: Parisette, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marthe Borély: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Numa Gilly: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Sommières’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sommières
Is Sommières safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 65 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sommières good?
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #10 of 53 in Gard. 98% of 165 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Lucie Aubrac in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sommières expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.92/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sommières grades C for cost of living.
About Sommières
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Sommières is a commune of 5,073 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Sommières. 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.
