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1,354 residents make their home in this town in Gard, Occitanie.
At €2,945/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Rhony, Vistre, Vidourle. Its weakest subject is schools (D) — brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. Vestric-et-Candiac 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 Vestric-et-Candiac 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.
Vestric-et-Candiac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vestric-et-Candiac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1996.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vestric-et-Candiac.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Vestric-et-Candiac, 82.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Gard’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. General-bac pupils go 4 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 1.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La GarriguetteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 164 | 82%−8 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, €2,945/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Vestric-et-Candiac from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.05/m² a month, above Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,962/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Gard: 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 105 residents of Vestric-et-Candiac died, against 111 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Vestric-et-Candiac is Groupe Hopitalier Caremeau Chu Nimes Territoire Nimes, 6.4 mi away. This Gard town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 1996, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Homes from before 1919 make up 6.2% of the total, below both Gard’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Degrees are held by a quarter of adults. At 44.3, the median resident of Vestric-et-Candiac sits in the middle of the age range. 11% of residents are 15 to 24, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Gard’s towns (9.5%).
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Vestric-et-Candiac | Gard median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €24,770 a year per consumption unit, about level with Gard’s towns (€24,880) and below compared French towns (€25,970). 4.9% of Vestric-et-Candiac’s working residents had no journey to work at the census. Unemployment stands at 11.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Vestric-et-Candiac. Best known first.
Archaeological siteVestiges archéologiques4.6 km southwest, in Aigues-VivesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Boissières4.2 km northwest, in BoissièresMuseumMuseumMusée et Source Perrier1.8 km southwest, in VergèzePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Vestric-et-Candiac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Montcalm: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vestric-et-Candiac yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vestric-et-Candiac | 1,354 | — | — | C− | — | C |
| Uchaud | 4,879 | 1.2 | C+ | C− | A | C+ |
| Vergèze | 5,788 | 1.9 | C+ | C− | B | A− |
| Codognan | 2,529 | 2 | — | C− | — | A |
| Bernis | 3,286 | 2.4 | C | D | A | C− |
| Beauvoisin | 6,066 | 3.6 | C− | D | A | C− |
| Vauvert | 11,671 | 3.8 | D | C− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vestric-et-Candiac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 6% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,945/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vestric-et-Candiac grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Vestric-et-Candiac is a commune of 1,354 people in the Communauté de communes Rhony, Vistre, Vidourle. 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 November 4, 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.