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A town of 14,055 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Juvignac grades C overall: better than 28% of compared French towns, and #50 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 18% 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 one thing Juvignac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Juvignac 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Juvignac; none is classé, France’s top protection.
0.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Juvignac. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Fourquesin town
ChâteauChâteau d'Ô3.2 km northeast, in Montpellier
AbbeyAbbaye de Vignogoul3.4 km southwest, in Pignan
ChâteauChâteau de Bionne2.2 km southeast, in MontpellierChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Piscine3 km east, in MontpellierChâteauChâteauChâteau des évêques de Montpellier3.8 km south, in LavérunePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Juvignac.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €3,220/m², near Hérault’s towns (€3,252/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house in Juvignac goes for €3,467/m², an apartment for €3,103/m². Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 491 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,467/m² | 246 |
| Apartments | €3,103/m² | 245 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 13.4%, higher than both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Juvignac counts 0.4 jobs (2,600 jobs, 6,050 workers).
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 Hérault, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,071 deaths in Juvignac from 2016 to 2025; there were 826, 23% fewer. The town has 18 family doctors.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Graded property crimes ran at 20.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 7.2 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 441 offenses in Juvignac in 2025. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (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 · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Graduates make up 43% of adults. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Under 15: 19% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Juvignac | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Juvignac, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 0.8% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 0.9 mi off. The town’s schools place #49 of 80 in Hérault on results. At the three general lycées, 94% of 1,061 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Arthur RimbaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 166 | 71%+1 pt |
| Lycée Jean MonnetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 427 | 96%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jules GuesdeBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 52 | 92%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Juvignac has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Juvignac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juvignac | 14,055 | — | C | D | C | A |
| Saint-Georges-d'Orques | 5,676 | 1.3 | C | D | B− | C |
| Grabels | 9,092 | 2.2 | B− | D | B− | B− |
| Lavérune | 3,302 | 2.2 | C+ | D | C+ | B+ |
| Montpellier | 310,240 | 2.9 | C− | D | D | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas | 13,328 | 3.1 | C+ | D− | D | A− |
| Pignan | 8,431 | 3.2 | B− | D | B− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #60 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 88 burglaries and 122 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #49 of 80 in Hérault. The lycée stands out: 96% of 427 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Monnet 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.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Juvignac grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Juvignac is a commune of 14,055 people in the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. 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.