Frontignan grades D− overall: better than 2% of compared French towns, and #76 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 8.4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,493/m², a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 82% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% 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.
Each subject compares Frontignan 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
On foot, Frontignan works better than 81% of compared French towns
14.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%). Frontignan has 6,550 jobs for 9,550 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Public transport7%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle3%
6,550
jobs based in Frontignan, 0.7 per working resident
14.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 81% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Frontignan records more crime per resident than 75% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 638 offenses in the graded categories in Frontignan in 2025. Violence against people ran at 8.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 19.3 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.1% of the index here.
8.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage215
Theft from vehicles95
Burglary88
Other physical violence83
Family violence73
Sexual violence51
Vehicle theft33
Fraud189
Theft without violence179
Drug use38
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.
8.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
638
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
4 historic monuments, 1 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Frontignan: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). 3.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Frontignan’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 2,466 residents of Frontignan died, against 2,632 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Its four care homes for older people (214 places) count their residents as Frontignan’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
23
GPs in Frontignan · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Saint Clair les Hopitaux du Bassin de Thau Sete
3.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Sainte Therese
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Frontignan
Is Frontignan safe?
It grades C for safety, #62 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 88 burglaries and 215 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Frontignan good?
They grade D−, better than 5% of compared French towns and #78 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Frontignan expensive to live in?
By type: houses €3,540/m² (515 sales), apartments €3,410/m² (619 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.16/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Frontignan grades D for cost of living.
About Frontignan
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Frontignan is a commune of 24,136 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Sète Agglopôle 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
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.
