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A town of 1,594 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Hérépian has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 15.2% unemployment. At the median price of €1,514/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Grand Orb communauté de communes en Languedoc. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% 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 2 things Hérépian does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hérépian 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 no building in Hérépian as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Raphaël de la Bastide, in Bédarieux, 1.2 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Hérépian. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hérépian.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €22,930 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 9.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, near Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Hérépian, 96.1% passed the bac, close to Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 2.4 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ferdinand FabreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 89%−1 pt |
| Lycée Ferdinand FabreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 82 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Fernand LégerBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 59 | 92%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 26% have a degree. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The age that splits Hérépian in two is 49.4.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
| Hérépian | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
69 sales of houses and apartments in Hérépian, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,514/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €10.72/m² a month. Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,575/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Hérault, women can expect to live 86.3 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 199 deaths in Hérépian from 2016 to 2025; there were 171, 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Hérépian is Polyclinique des Trois Vallees, 2.1 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Nothing in Hérépian is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Hérépian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hérépian | 1,594 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Bédarieux | 5,804 | 2.8 | C+ | A− | D | D |
| Magalas | 3,582 | 10 | C | C | B | B− |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers | 3,000 | 11 | B+ | C+ | B+ | C+ |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers | 3,124 | 13 | A− | C+ | A | B |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers | 5,261 | 14 | C+ | B+ | B | C+ |
| Caux | 2,718 | 14 | C | C | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hérépian has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 14.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 82 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Ferdinand Fabre in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €1,514/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hérépian grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Hérépian is a commune of 1,594 people in the Communauté de communes Grand Orb communauté de communes en Languedoc. 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.