Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,359 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Cournonterral grades B− overall: better than 49% of compared French towns, and #24 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 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 Cournonterral 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 Cournonterral 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, 3.2 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cournonterral.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Cournonterral sell for €3,371/m² and apartments for €2,583/m². Among the homes sold, 81% were houses. A house rents for an estimated €12.16/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,371/m² | 145 |
| Apartments | €2,583/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over 2025, Cournonterral logged 129 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (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 armed robbery, 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, 1.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 36% of adults. Also worth knowing: the middle age in Cournonterral is 40.1.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Cournonterral | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8.0% of commuters at the census. At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Cournonterral didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away. By results, schools here place #43 of 80 in Hérault.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 181 | 90%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
574 deaths in Cournonterral between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 514: 12% above. At birth, a girl in Hérault can expect 86.3 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 7 GPs practise here.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Cournonterral. Best known first.
Nothing in Cournonterral is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Cournonterral.
Émile Blavet: Nadar, Public domain · Danton Cazelles: DELAFONT, CC BY-SA 3.0 · André Var: Archives personnelles, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cournonterral | 7,359 | — | B− | D | A− | B |
| Cournonsec | 3,616 | 1.1 | B− | D | A | B |
| Pignan | 8,431 | 2.8 | B− | D | B− | B+ |
| Fabrègues | 7,447 | 3 | C | D | C− | B |
| Montbazin | 2,877 | 3.2 | B− | C− | B | B |
| Gigean | 6,639 | 4.2 | C− | D | C | C |
| Lavérune | 3,302 | 4.7 | C+ | D | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #13 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 42 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #43 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.01/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Cournonterral grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Cournonterral is a commune of 7,359 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.