Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,639 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Gigean grades C− overall: better than 25% of compared French towns, and #54 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results a point above the expected rate.
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 Gigean 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 2 historic monuments in Gigean, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gigean.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 227 sales of houses and apartments in Gigean from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €3,252/m² for the median of compared towns in Hérault.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,245/m² | 165 |
| Apartments | €2,696/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Gigean above both Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Via DomitiaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 178 | 92%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On this, Gigean is above both Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 16% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Gigean | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 203 offenses in the graded categories in Gigean in 2025. Violence against people ran at 10 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17.6 (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in Gigean, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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
6.9% of Gigean’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 89% drove.
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.
In the comparison, Gigean comes above both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 518 residents of Gigean died, against 463 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Gigean, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Gigean. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Gigean, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Maison dite Studium d'Urbain V ou Abescat: Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne abbaye Saint-Félix-de-Montceau: Photo: Zewan · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gigean yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigean | 6,639 | — | C− | D | C | C |
| Montbazin | 2,877 | 1.4 | B− | C− | B | B |
| Poussan | 6,797 | 2.2 | C | D | C+ | B− |
| Balaruc-le-Vieux | 2,737 | 2.8 | C+ | D | B− | B− |
| Cournonsec | 3,616 | 3.2 | B− | D | A | B |
| Balaruc-les-Bains | 7,139 | 3.8 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Vic-la-Gardiole | 3,428 | 4 | D− | D− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #60 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 61 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns and #17 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €3,245/m² (165 sales), apartments €2,696/m² (62 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.13/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Gigean grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Gigean is a commune of 6,639 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
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.