Sumène has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €1,750/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises. Its strongest is walkability (B): 60% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Sumène 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 Sumène.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Sumène sees more deaths than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 115 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Sumène, that is above both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 203 residents of Sumène died, against 177 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+15%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted115
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Sumène · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Saint Louis
21.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Ales Cevennes
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sumène than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.00/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Sumène below both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,750/m², comes from 51 sales of houses and apartments in Sumène from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,750/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sumène€1,750/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,971/m²
38
€11.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.46 to €14.29/m² a month)
5.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.95/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Sumène: 28% were built before 1919, more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Sumène is above both Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sumène, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
More people in Sumène are out of work than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: 18.3%
In the comparison, Sumène comes above both Gard’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €21,740 a year per consumption unit.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Sumène, 0.5 per working resident
18.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,740
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sumène
Is Sumène safe?
Sumène has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 15 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sumène expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,750/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sumène grades C+ for cost of living.
About Sumène
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Sumène is a commune of 1,222 people in the Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises. 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
Population
1,222 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises
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.