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A town of 1,622 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Corneilhan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,228/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 d'agglomération de Béziers-Méditerranée. Its strongest is health (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% 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 one thing Corneilhan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Corneilhan 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Corneilhan; none is classé, France’s top protection.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Léopold Vabre, born in 1864, is the one person born in Corneilhan before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corneilhan.
At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Corneilhan didn’t travel to work at all. The median disposable income was €24,670 a year per consumption unit, near Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). 11.2% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,228/m²: 66 houses and apartments sold in Corneilhan between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,228/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 13% of the population here. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.8% of residents, below Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up 26% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Corneilhan | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 266 residents of Corneilhan died, against 248 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Life expectancy in Hérault: 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Corneilhan is Polyclinique Saint Privat, 3.9 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Corneilhan; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Police and gendarmerie recorded 25 offenses in Corneilhan in 2025. Violence against people ran at 6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13 (2023–2025 average). The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 41.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Corneilhan. Best known first.
Corneilhan has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Corneilhan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corneilhan | 1,622 | — | — | C− | — | B |
| Lignan-sur-Orb | 3,227 | 1.6 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers | 3,124 | 1.7 | A− | C+ | A | B |
| Maraussan | 4,789 | 2.9 | C+ | B− | B+ | C |
| Boujan-sur-Libron | 3,619 | 3.4 | B− | D | A+ | C |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers | 3,000 | 3.7 | B+ | C+ | B+ | C+ |
| Béziers | 81,545 | 4.1 | D | C | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Corneilhan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,228/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Corneilhan grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Corneilhan is a commune of 1,622 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
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.