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Some 1,599 people live in this town, in Hérault, Occitanie.
Le Bousquet-d'Orb’s best grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: just over four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Le Bousquet-d'Orb 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.
The 3 things Le Bousquet-d'Orb does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Bousquet-d'Orb 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.
Le Bousquet-d'Orb has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Le Bousquet-d'Orb has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Bousquet-d'Orb.
Degrees are held by 18% of adults. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.3% of residents, below both Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). At 53.4, the median resident of Le Bousquet-d'Orb sits in the middle of the age range.
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
| Le Bousquet-d'Orb | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.02/m² a month, below both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 85% of what sold. From July 2023 to June 2026, 68 homes were sold in Le Bousquet-d'Orb.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,351/m² | 58 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €20,760 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Le Bousquet-d'Orb didn’t travel to work at all. 11.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, between Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
336 deaths in Le Bousquet-d'Orb between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 273: 23% above. Women in Hérault live to 86.3 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Hérault town has 3 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 13th century. Le Bousquet-d'Orb has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Le Bousquet-d'Orb. Best known first.
Le Bousquet-d'Orb has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château de Cazilhac: Photo: Renaud Camus · CC BY 2.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Le Bousquet-d'Orb as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 Bousquet-d'Orb | 1,599 | — | — | A− | — | C |
| Bédarieux | 5,804 | 5.4 | C+ | A− | D | D |
| Lodève | 7,251 | 8.1 | C+ | B | D | B− |
| Clermont-l'Hérault | 9,461 | 14 | D− | C− | D | C− |
| Magalas | 3,582 | 16 | C | C | B | B− |
| Caux | 2,718 | 16 | C | C | A− | C− |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis | 6,427 | 17 | C | C | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Le Bousquet-d'Orb has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 17.5 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 too, so Le Bousquet-d'Orb grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Le Bousquet-d'Orb is a commune of 1,599 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 November 4, 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.