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FouzilhonHérault

A town of 243 in Hérault, Occitanie.

Is Fouzilhon a good place to live?

Fouzilhon is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Fouzilhon stand out

The 2 things Fouzilhon does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Fouzilhon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Fouzilhon’s story

1 historic monument, none of them classé

Fouzilhon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fouzilhon.

Who lives here

Fouzilhon has fewer young adults than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 7.1% are 15 to 24

Over-65s are 29% of the population. Fouzilhon has a median age of 51.1. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.

51.1median age
FouzilhonHérault medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 85 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.

Ages and diplomas in Fouzilhon
FouzilhonHérault medianFrance median
Under 1516%17%17%
15–247.1%9.7%11%
25–4414%22%23%
45–6433%27%26%
65+29%24%22%
No diploma15%17%19%
CAP or BEP34%23%26%
Baccalauréat18%19%18%
Higher education31%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Old homes shape Fouzilhon: 23% were built before 1919, more than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Fouzilhon has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit0
Level not given1
23%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Unemployment in Fouzilhon, 6.5%, runs below Hérault’s towns and compared French towns

Jobs located in Fouzilhon: 50, for 100 residents in work (0.4 each). At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Fouzilhon went to work by public transport. The median disposable income was €26,330 a year per consumption unit, in line with Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970).

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
50
jobs based in Fouzilhon, 0.4 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.4 mi away.

87.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Fouzilhon87.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Les ArbourysNearest collègeCollègeCollège8987%−4 pts
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Fouzilhon than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.08/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 12 homes in Fouzilhon.

€10.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fouzilhon€10.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hérault median€13.36/m²
€10.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.28 to €12.26/m² a month)
€10.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Cassan and 6 more in and around Fouzilhon

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Fouzilhon. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Fouzilhon

13pages on Fouzilhon

Landmarks

Fouzilhon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Fouzilhon

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fouzilhon yet.

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Fouzilhon’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Hérault →
MagalasServianCauxMurviel-lès-BéziersThézan-lès-BéziersBédarieuxMagalasServianCauxMurviel-lès-BéziersThézan-lès-BéziersBédarieuxFouzilhon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fouzilhon243—————
Magalas3,5822.4CCBB−
Servian5,5176.1DC−C+C−
Caux2,7186.1CCA−C−
Murviel-lès-Béziers3,0006.6B+C+B+C+
Thézan-lès-Béziers3,1247A−C+AB
Bédarieux5,8048.9C+A−DD

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Fouzilhon

Commune in Hérault, Occitanie

Fouzilhon is a commune of 243 people in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. 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

Population
243 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts
Département
Hérault (34)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.1 sq mi (5.4 km²)
INSEE code
34105

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.