Uzès grades C+ overall: better than 41% of compared French towns, and #22 of 60 in Gard. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Uzès 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 Uzès.
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1965, and 42 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 42 historic monuments in Uzès: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 33 inscrit (the second level). Uzès has 49 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Gard’s towns (3) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1965.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
An older town: 39% of people in Uzès are 65 or over, more than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns
On this, Uzès is above both Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). 11% of residents are children under 15.
57.1median age
UzèsGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
39%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Uzès costs more than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,568/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Uzès comes above both Gard’s towns (€2,553/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). In Uzès, houses go for €3,699/m² and apartments for €3,362/m².
€3,568/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Uzès€3,568/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,699/m²
202
Apartments
€3,362/m²
290
€12.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.08 to €16.39/m² a month)
9.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.98/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays d'Uzès
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
More commuters in Uzès walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 25.5%
For Uzès, that is above both Gard’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Uzès has 6,100 jobs for 2,750 working residents, 2.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €23,390 a year per consumption unit.
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving65%
On foot18%
Bicycle4%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
6,100
jobs based in Uzès, 2.2 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,390
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 87% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Uzès runs higher than in 82% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 254 offenses in the graded categories in Uzès in 2025. Violence against people ran at 9.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 21.3 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here.
9.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage78
Other physical violence35
Theft from vehicles35
Family violence34
Sexual violence29
Burglary23
Vehicle theft20
Theft without violence139
Fraud84
Drug use39
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.
9.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
254
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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
HealthHealth B
Allowing for age and care homes, Uzès sees fewer deaths than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 84 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Uzès below both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,423 residents of Uzès died, against 1,498 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw95
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
15
GPs in Uzès · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
13.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Bagnols Sur Ceze
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Théodorit: Photo: Vpe · Public domain · Château dit Le Duché: Photo: ByacC · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Partie subsistante des remparts: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Poppy (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien grand séminaire: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Firmin Abauzit: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · François Paul de Brueys d'Aigalliers: Unknown artist Unknown artist, Public domain · Bernard Plantevelue: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain · Charles Gide: J. Grand, Public domain · Jean-Henri Voulland: After Charles Toussaint Labadye, Public domain · Hippolyte-Raymond Colet: Marie-Alexandre Alophe, Public domain
Uzès’ 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 Uzès
Is Uzès safe?
It grades C− for safety, #53 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 78 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Uzès good?
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #5 of 53 in Gard. The lycée stands out: 99% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent des métiers d'art Charles Gide in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Uzès expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.85/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Uzès grades D for cost of living.
About Uzès
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Uzès is a commune of 8,519 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Uzès. 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.
