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A town of 1,436 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Creissan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,402/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Sud-Hérault. Its strongest is schools (B+): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Creissan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Creissan 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 no building in Creissan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Marie, in Quarante, 3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Creissan.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 256 residents of Creissan died, against 187 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% more. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Creissan come to 98 per 100 predicted. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Creissan is Polyclinique Saint Privat, 12.3 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Hérault is 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 3 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 10.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis CahuzacNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 88%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The share of residents under 15 is 16%. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9% of the town, below Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. 28% of adults hold a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Creissan | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,402/m², comes from 47 sales of houses and apartments in Creissan from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 94% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,340/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €24,380 a year per consumption unit, near Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Creissan. Best known first.
Nothing in Creissan 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 Creissan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creissan | 1,436 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Puisserguier | 3,078 | 1.6 | — | B+ | — | C |
| Capestang | 3,514 | 3.7 | B | B− | A− | C− |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers | 5,261 | 4.8 | C+ | B+ | B | C+ |
| Ouveillan Aude | 2,713 | 6.1 | B | B | A | C− |
| Montady | 3,990 | 6.5 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Maraussan | 4,789 | 7.4 | C+ | B− | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Creissan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 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 70% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,402/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Creissan grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Creissan is a commune of 1,436 people in the Communauté de communes Sud-Hérault. 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.