Lattes grades C+ overall: better than 39% of compared French towns, and #34 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 31% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
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 Lattes 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.
Citadelle de Montpellier: Photographié et édité par User:Sebjarod (floutage des plaques d'immatriculation), décembre 2004., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lattes.
HousingCost of living D−
Buying in Lattes costs more than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €4,591/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Lattes: €4,530/m² for houses, €4,645/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €16.88/m² a month, higher than both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Estimated advertised rent for houses: €15.56/m² a month.
€4,591/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lattes€4,591/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,530/m²
298
Apartments
€4,645/m²
365
€16.88/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.04 to €20.29/m² a month)
13
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lattes sees more crime per resident than nine in ten compared French towns
Violence against people ran at 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 29.4 (2023–2025 average). With 10,100 jobs for 7,750 working residents, Lattes draws people in from neighbouring communes. Over 2025, Lattes logged 671 recorded offenses. More of the graded crimes locally were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025).
8.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles198
Criminal damage193
Other physical violence94
Burglary78
Vehicle theft42
Sexual violence35
Family violence31
Theft without violence342
Fraud164
Drug use37
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.
8.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
671
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.1%
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 · 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, 0.1% 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.
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Lattes’ ages would predict, 69 per 100 expected, under Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Lattes has 20 family doctors. Life expectancy in Hérault: 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 1,384 residents of Lattes died, against 1,853 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw75
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
20
GPs in Lattes · 5.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique du Millenaire Montpellier
2.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Saint Roch
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Lattes is better off than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €29,720 a year per consumption unit
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 17.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
Public transport8%
Bicycle6%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
10,100
jobs based in Lattes, 1.3 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Lattes hold a degree than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 46%
The under-15s are 13% of the population here. 27% of residents are 65 or over, above Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The middle age in Lattes is 47.7.
47.7median age
LattesHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education46%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
2 historic monuments in Lattes, the oldest from prehistory
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lattes is Église Saint-Laurent. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Protection here reaches back to prehistory. 1.8% of its homes were built before 1919, below Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
86.5% of candidates passed the brevet at the 11 collèges within 5 km, 2.3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Lattes is 92.6%, lower than Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and near compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 81% passed the bac pro, of 562 candidates at 4 lycées. By results, schools here place #58 of 80 in Hérault.
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lattes
Is Lattes safe?
It grades D for safety, #72 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 78 burglaries and 193 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lattes good?
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns and #58 of 80 in Hérault. The lycée stands out: 99% of 328 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Champollion in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lattes expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lattes grades D− for cost of living.
About Lattes
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Lattes is a commune of 17,351 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
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.
