Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,616 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Cournonsec grades B− overall: better than 49% of compared French towns, and #25 of 84 in Hérault. 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 safety (A): an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 10.1 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.
The one thing Cournonsec does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cournonsec 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 Cournonsec as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église Saint-Pierre, in Montbazin, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cournonsec.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €14.23/m² a month, near Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Cournonsec: 87 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 86% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,508/m² | 75 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over 2025, Cournonsec logged 33 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most in the town 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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery 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, 16.9% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.2%. 16% of residents are 65 or over, below both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by two in five adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cournonsec | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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.
For a family doctor, residents of Cournonsec can choose among 5 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Cournonsec is Clinique Saint Jean Sud de France, 6.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 286 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 311, 9% more. Life expectancy in Hérault: 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
Jobs based in Cournonsec number 750, against 1,650 residents in work (0.5 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €26,870 a year per consumption unit, above Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). A tenth 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
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Cournonsec. Best known first.
Nothing in Cournonsec is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cournonsec.
Régis Durand: Panini, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cournonsec | 3,616 | — | B− | D | A | B |
| Cournonterral | 7,359 | 1.1 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Montbazin | 2,877 | 2.1 | B− | C− | B | B |
| Gigean | 6,639 | 3.2 | C− | D | C | C |
| Fabrègues | 7,447 | 3.7 | C | D | C− | B |
| Pignan | 8,431 | 3.9 | B− | D | B− | B+ |
| Poussan | 6,797 | 4.4 | C | D | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #6 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cournonsec grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Cournonsec is a commune of 3,616 people in the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. 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.
