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A town of 1,850 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Abeilhan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment. At the median price of €2,551/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% 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 Abeilhan 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Abeilhan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-des-Pins, in Espondeilhan, 2.1 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Abeilhan.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 218 deaths in Abeilhan from 2016 to 2025; there were 227, 4% more. Life expectancy in Hérault: 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Abeilhan is Polyclinique Saint Privat, 6.1 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,551/m², comes from 60 sales of houses and apartments in Abeilhan from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 90% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 60 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,599/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alfred CrouzetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 89%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €24,170 a year per consumption unit, below Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Unemployment stands at 11.9%. Public transport took 2.2% of Abeilhan’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Hérault’s towns (9.7%). Typical age in Abeilhan: 45, the median. 23% of residents have reached 65.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Abeilhan | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Abeilhan (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 25 offenses in the town in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.1 cases of violence against people and 11.1 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 37.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Abeilhan. Best known first.
Nothing in Abeilhan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Abeilhan.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Abeilhan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,551/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Abeilhan grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Abeilhan is a commune of 1,850 people in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. 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 October 30, 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.