Villevieille has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Villevieille 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 Villevieille.
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Villevieille’s ages would predict, 72 per 100 expected, under Gard’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Villevieille below both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 169 residents of Villevieille died, against 236 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−28%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw72
Adjusted72
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Villevieille · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Montpellier Smur Antenne Ch Lunel
11.3 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Incomes in Villevieille run higher than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: a median €28,070 a year per consumption unit
Villevieille sits above both Gard’s towns (€24,880) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. Villevieille has 350 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 5.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Villevieille, 0.5 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Villevieille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 21 offenses in the graded categories in Villevieille in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 25.7% of the index here.
3.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage12
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
Fraud16
Theft without violence15
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.
3.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villevieille
Is Villevieille safe?
Villevieille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 15.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Villevieille good?
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. 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 Villevieille expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.15/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villevieille grades C− for cost of living.
About Villevieille
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Villevieille is a commune of 1,889 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.
