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A town of 2,091 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Candillargues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 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 35% 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 3 things Candillargues does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Candillargues 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 1 historic monument in Candillargues, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1982.
3.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Candillargues.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Hérault can expect 86.3 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 104 deaths in Candillargues from 2016 to 2025; there were 68, 35% fewer. This Hérault 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,722/m², comes from 61 sales of houses and apartments in Candillargues from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 72% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,889/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 40% of adults, higher than both Hérault’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 13% of residents. What’s more, people aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Candillargues | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Before 1919: that is when 3.3% of homes were built. Its heritage reaches back to the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Petite CamargueNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 173 | 87%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,470 a year per consumption unit. 350 jobs are based in Candillargues, for 1,050 working residents (0.3 per worker). At the census, 5.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below 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
Gardens, heritage and other places to visit in and near Candillargues. Best known first.
GardenMotte féodale de Mauguio4.7 km west, in Mauguio
ChâteauChâteau des comtes-évêques de Melgueil4.6 km west, in MauguioAttractionAttractionLes Petits Fermiers au Pays de l'Or4.3 km north, in LansarguesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Candillargues has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Blaise: Photo: Sebjarod · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Candillargues 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candillargues | 2,091 | — | — | D | — | A+ |
| Mudaison | 3,009 | 2.1 | — | D | — | A |
| Lansargues | 3,233 | 2.2 | A− | C− | B | A− |
| Saint-Just | 3,293 | 3.4 | — | D | — | B |
| Mauguio | 16,522 | 3.6 | C | D− | D | B− |
| Saint-Brès | 3,623 | 3.7 | B− | D | A | A− |
| Baillargues | 7,829 | 3.8 | C | D− | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Candillargues 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 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 60% 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 €3,722/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Candillargues grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Candillargues is a commune of 2,091 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or. 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.