Vers-Pont-du-Gard’s strongest is schools: brevet results a point above the expected rate. The weak point is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Vers-Pont-du-Gard 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 Vers-Pont-du-Gard 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Pont du Gard et aqueduc romain de Nîmes · Classé · Photo: Anthony Morel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vers-Pont-du-Gard’s story
Vers-Pont-du-Gard in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Vers-Pont-du-Gard: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1840First protected: Pont du Gard et aqueduc romain de Nîmes
1998Most recently protected: Carrière de l'Estel sud
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vers-Pont-du-Gard.
HousingCost of living C−
Homes in Vers-Pont-du-Gard cost more than in Gard’s towns and across compared French towns, with a median sale of €3,264/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 91% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €10.48/m² a month. That is the middle of 70 sales of houses and apartments in Vers-Pont-du-Gard from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,553/m² for the median of compared towns in Gard.
€3,264/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vers-Pont-du-Gard€3,264/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,338/m²
64
€12.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.91 to €15.26/m² a month)
9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,350
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pont du Gard
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Vers-Pont-du-Gard run higher than in 64% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Vers-Pont-du-Gard’s deaths ran at 93 per 100 expected, close to Gard’s towns (90) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 142 residents of Vers-Pont-du-Gard died, against 153 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Vers-Pont-du-Gard is Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes, 13.4 mi away. Average lifespans in Gard: 85.7 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Vers-Pont-du-Gard · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Grand Sud Nimes
13.1 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
Vers-Pont-du-Gard is rich in protected monuments: 34 per 10,000 residents, more than in Gard’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Vers-Pont-du-Gard is Abri préhistorique de la Salpétrière. Its heritage reaches back to prehistory. The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments here: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Vers-Pont-du-Gard than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: 40% of adults
Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Gard’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 25% of residents are 65 or older.
48.9median age
Vers-Pont-du-GardGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Vers-Pont-du-Gard has lower unemployment than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8%
6.8% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. For its 800 residents in work, Vers-Pont-du-Gard has 450 jobs: 0.6 each. Households’ median disposable income: €27,010 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
450
jobs based in Vers-Pont-du-Gard, 0.6 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,010
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Vers-Pont-du-Gard: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vers-Pont-du-Gard
Is Vers-Pont-du-Gard safe?
Vers-Pont-du-Gard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Vers-Pont-du-Gard good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vers-Pont-du-Gard expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.30/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vers-Pont-du-Gard grades C− for cost of living.
About Vers-Pont-du-Gard
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Vers-Pont-du-Gard is a commune of 1,786 people in the Communauté de communes du Pont du Gard. 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.
