Alignan-du-Vent 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; 11.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,328/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béziers-Méditerranée. Its strongest is schools (B+): brevet results a point below the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Alignan-du-Vent 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 Alignan-du-Vent.
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Alignan-du-Vent sees more deaths than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 109 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Alignan-du-Vent, that is above both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 214 residents of Alignan-du-Vent died, against 196 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Alignan-du-Vent · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Pasteur
10 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Beziers
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Alignan-du-Vent costs less than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.41/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Alignan-du-Vent sits below both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €2,328/m², comes from 65 sales of houses and apartments in Alignan-du-Vent from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,328/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Alignan-du-Vent€2,328/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,375/m²
63
€11.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.11 to €14.30/m² a month)
7.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.57/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€21,120
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération de Béziers-Méditerranée
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Alignan-du-Vent keeps more of its old housing than Hérault or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Alignan-du-Vent comes above both Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Alignan-du-Vent, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Alignan-du-Vent has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 36 offenses in the graded categories in Alignan-du-Vent in 2025. For 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, 34.8% of the index here.
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary18
Criminal damage10
Family violence8
Armed robbery0
Fraud10
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
36
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
34.8%
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 Alignan-du-Vent
Is Alignan-du-Vent safe?
Alignan-du-Vent has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 14.4 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 18 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Alignan-du-Vent good?
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Alignan-du-Vent expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,328/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Alignan-du-Vent grades C− for cost of living.
About Alignan-du-Vent
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Alignan-du-Vent is a commune of 1,796 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Béziers-Méditerranée. 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
Population
1,796 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Béziers-Méditerranée
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.
