Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,724 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Ganges grades C− overall: better than 17% of compared French towns, and #62 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 15.7 recorded violent incidents and 24 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,456/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises. Its strongest is walkability (A): 79% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% 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 3 things Ganges does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ganges 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 Ganges as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nazaire et Saint-Celse, in Brissac, 4.1 mi away.
26% 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 Ganges.
Police and gendarmerie recorded 147 offenses in the graded categories in Ganges in 2025. With 2,000 jobs for 1,150 working residents, Ganges draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents. 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, 1.9% of the index here.
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
In the comparison, Ganges comes above both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €19,280 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Ganges, that is above both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 971 residents of Ganges died, against 708 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Ganges sits above both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
55% women, 45% men
About 80 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.
| Ganges | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Ganges close to Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé La Présentation PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 51 | 96%+9 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.
On this, Ganges is below both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,456/m², comes from 147 sales of houses and apartments in Ganges from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Ganges sell for €2,188/m² and apartments for €1,308/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,188/m² | 47 |
| Apartments | €1,308/m² | 100 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ganges. Best known first.
Nothing in Ganges is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
15 notable people were born in Ganges.
Jules Émile Planchon: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nicolas Cozza: 34 super héros, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Éléonore Thuillier: See the ticket in the Permission field below., 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganges | 3,724 | — | C− | B− | D | D |
| Le Vigan Gard | 3,863 | 6.2 | C | B | C− | D− |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort Gard | 3,737 | 7.7 | C− | B+ | B− | D |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres | 2,696 | 10 | — | B− | — | A |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers | 4,979 | 14 | A+ | C− | A+ | A |
| Quissac Gard | 3,528 | 15 | C | C | A− | B− |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard Gard | 2,586 | 15 | B | B+ | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #75 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 49 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #45 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,456/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ganges grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Ganges is a commune of 3,724 people in the Communauté de communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises. 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.