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A town of 1,405 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Assas 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 9.4 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 22% 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.
The 2 things Assas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Assas 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Assas counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1937.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Assas.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €15.10/m² a month, above Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Renting a house costs an estimated €12.27/m² a month. Assas recorded 34 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,190/m² | 34 |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 122 residents of Assas died, against 156 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer. At birth, a girl in Hérault can expect 86.3 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises locally.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Over-65s are 29% of the population. 12% are under 15, lower than both Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Assas by age and the one in the middle is 55.3.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Assas | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 13% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 61% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stands at 9.3%. 300 jobs are based in Assas, for 600 working residents (0.5 per worker). At the census, 8.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Assas, 96.2% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph Pierre Rouge PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 60 | 100%+2 pts |
| Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph Pierre Rouge PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 67 | 99%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Assas is Église Saint-Martial. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 10th century. 9.8% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Violence against people ran at 5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 20.8 (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 24 offenses in Assas. The commonest graded crime locally was burglary (2025).
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 31.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Assas. Best known first.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Assas counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Église Saint-Martial: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien château: Photo: Finoskov · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Assas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assas | 1,405 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Prades-le-Lez | 6,184 | 1.6 | A− | D− | A− | A− |
| Teyran | 4,787 | 2 | A | C− | A+ | A |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière | 5,218 | 3 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
| Jacou | 6,924 | 3 | A− | D− | A− | B− |
| Montferrier-sur-Lez | 4,135 | 3.3 | A | D− | B+ | A |
| Clapiers | 6,006 | 3.3 | A | D− | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Assas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. 99% of 67 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph Pierre Rouge in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Assas grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Assas is a commune of 1,405 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. 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.
