Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,619 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Canet grades C overall: better than 25% of compared French towns, and #53 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 10.1% unemployment. At the median price of €2,877/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Clermontais. Its strongest is safety (B+): an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 12.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Canet 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Canet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument aux morts, in Clermont-l'Hérault, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Canet.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,877/m², comes from 114 sales of houses and apartments in Canet from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,908/m² | 112 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 59 offenses in the graded categories in Canet in 2025. For sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 11.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
In the comparison, Canet comes above both Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Canet | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
For Canet, that is 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 227 residents of Canet died, against 259 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
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
Heritage in and near Canet. Best known first.
Nothing in Canet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Canet as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canet | 3,619 | — | C | C− | B+ | B− |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis | 6,427 | 3 | C | C | B− | C+ |
| Clermont-l'Hérault | 9,461 | 3.4 | D− | C− | D | C− |
| Gignac | 6,651 | 4.5 | C+ | C− | C | B+ |
| Paulhan | 4,039 | 4.7 | D | C− | B | B− |
| Saint-Pargoire | 2,501 | 5.6 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Aniane | 2,979 | 7.3 | D | C | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #23 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,877/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Canet grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Canet is a commune of 3,619 people in the Communauté de communes du Clermontais. 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.