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A town of 5,254 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Florensac grades D overall: better than 7% of compared French towns, and #72 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,564/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Hérault-Méditerranée. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Florensac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Florensac 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 Florensac as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Restes du pont romain, in Saint-Thibéry, 1.9 mi away.
16% 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 Florensac.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On results, collèges and lycées here come #80 of 80 in Hérault. The nearest general lycée is 5.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VoltaireNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 79 | 78%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,564/m²: 193 houses and apartments sold in Florensac between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.61/m² a month. Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,574/m² | 182 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 13.0%, above Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per resident in work, Florensac counts 0.7 jobs (1,450 jobs, 1,950 workers). Bus, tram or train carried 2.9% of working residents in Florensac to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Florensac, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Violence against people ran at 8.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.1 (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 155 offenses locally.
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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Under 15: 15% of residents. 28% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Florensac in two is 49.8.
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.
| Florensac | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 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.
663 deaths in Florensac between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 693: 4% below. Average lifespans in Hérault: 86.3 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There is one general practitioner locally.
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.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Florensac. Best known first.
Nothing in Florensac is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
7 notable people were born in Florensac.
Charles Cambon: Studio Harcourt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florensac | 5,254 | — | D | C− | C | B |
| Saint-Thibéry | 3,132 | 2.8 | C− | C | B | B |
| Bessan | 5,838 | 2.8 | D− | C− | C | C |
| Marseillan | 8,414 | 4.1 | D− | D | D | C |
| Montblanc | 2,932 | 5.2 | D− | D | D | C− |
| Pézenas | 7,797 | 5.6 | C− | C | D− | C |
| Vias | 5,952 | 5.8 | D− | D | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #55 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 1% 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 €2,564/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Florensac grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Florensac is a commune of 5,254 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Hérault-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.