Lamalou-les-Bains is easy to get around without a car: nearly four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag (C+): 2.1 jobs per working resident; 12.8% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Lamalou-les-Bains has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lamalou-les-Bains 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.
Église Saint-Pierre-de-Rhèdes: Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lamalou-les-Bains.
Who lives here
An older town: 43% of people in Lamalou-les-Bains are 65 or over, more than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns
61.4median age
6.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Under-15s account for 8% of the population. Residents of Lamalou-les-Bains have a median age of 61.4.
Lamalou-les-BainsHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
43%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
20.7% of commuters in Lamalou-les-Bains go to work without a car, more than in Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
21%walk, cycle or take transit
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,160 a year. 12.8% of the labour force were unemployed, above Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot14%
Bicycle6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
1,500
jobs based in Lamalou-les-Bains, 2.1 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 83% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Renting in Lamalou-les-Bains costs less than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.44/m² a month
€2,172/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €2,172/m², lower than both Hérault’s towns (€3,252/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Lamalou-les-Bains sell for €2,094/m² and apartments for €2,214/m². Sales here from July 2023 to June 2026: 203 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lamalou-les-Bains€2,172/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,094/m²
68
Apartments
€2,214/m²
135
€10.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.84 to €13.91/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.72/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€21,920
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Grand Orb communauté de communes en Languedoc
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Mortality in Lamalou-les-Bains, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Hérault’s towns and compared French towns: 82 per 100 expected
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Lamalou-les-Bains can choose among 10 GPs. Women in Hérault live to 86.3 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 504 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 459, 9% fewer.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Lamalou-les-Bains · 5.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique des Trois Vallees
18.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Champeau Groupe Axe Sante
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lamalou-les-Bains is Église Saint-Pierre-de-Rhèdes. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century. Just over a tenth 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
Safety
Lamalou-les-Bains has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
3.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Jobs outnumber working residents in Lamalou-les-Bains (1,500 to 700): it draws people in from around. 26 offenses were reported in Lamalou-les-Bains during 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.6 violent offenses and 11.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage21
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence19
Fraud11
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.
3.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
28.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (28.4% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Lamalou-les-Bains is a commune of 2,389 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
Population
2,389 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Grand Orb communauté de communes en Languedoc
Département
Hérault (34)
Région
Occitanie
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.2 km²)
INSEE code
34126
Lamalou-les-Bains’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lamalou-les-Bains
Is Lamalou-les-Bains safe?
Lamalou-les-Bains has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Is Lamalou-les-Bains expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lamalou-les-Bains grades C for cost of living.
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.
