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A town of 1,435 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Le Bosc has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 18% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,479/m², a 70 m² home costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Lodévois et Larzac. 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 one thing Le Bosc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Bosc 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Bosc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit du Belvédère, in Saint-Privat, 2.5 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Bosc.
At the census, 3.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 8.8%. Le Bosc has 400 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
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.
On this, Le Bosc is below both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 85 residents of Le Bosc died, against 122 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,479/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Le Bosc from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,479/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Le Bosc comes below both Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 35% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Le Bosc | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 6 offenses in the graded categories in Le Bosc in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 54.0% of the index here.
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
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Bosc. Best known first.
Nothing in Le Bosc 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 Le Bosc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bosc | 1,435 | — | — | C− | — | A |
| Lodève | 7,251 | 4.1 | C+ | B | D | B− |
| Clermont-l'Hérault | 9,461 | 5.2 | D− | C− | D | C− |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis | 6,427 | 7 | C | C | B− | C+ |
| Canet | 3,619 | 8.3 | C | C− | B+ | B− |
| Gignac | 6,651 | 9 | C+ | C− | C | B+ |
| Aniane | 2,979 | 10 | D | C | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Bosc 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 11.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Le Bosc grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Le Bosc is a commune of 1,435 people in the Communauté de communes Lodévois et Larzac. 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.