Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 9,226 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Le Crès grades B overall: better than 63% of compared French towns, and #14 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% 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 Le Crès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Crès 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 Crès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine du château de Bocaud, in Jacou, 1.4 mi away.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Le Crès. Best known first.
ZooParc zoologique de Montpellier4.8 km west, in Montpellier
ChâteauChâteau de Flaugergues5 km south, in Montpellier
ChâteauChâteau de Castries4.8 km northeast, in CastriesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bocaud2.2 km northwest, in JacouChâteauChâteauChâteau de Verchant3.6 km south, in Castelnau-le-LezPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Crès.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Le Crès sits above both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €3,986/m², comes from 300 sales of houses and apartments in Le Crès from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Le Crès sell for €3,806/m² and apartments for €4,143/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,806/m² | 185 |
| Apartments | €4,143/m² | 115 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Le Crès above both Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970). Le Crès has 2,650 jobs for 3,800 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 Crès is below both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 744 residents of Le Crès died, against 883 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Le Crès comes above both Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Voie DomitienneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 220 | 84%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges PompidouNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 431 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Frédéric BazilleBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 188 | 94%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 180 offenses in the graded categories in Le Crès in 2025. 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, 0.7% 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
For Le Crès, that is above both Hérault’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%).
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Le Crès | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Le Crès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Le Crès.
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 Crès | 9,226 | — | B | D− | B | B+ |
| Jacou | 6,924 | 1.3 | A− | D− | A− | B− |
| Saint-Aunès | 4,530 | 1.6 | B+ | D | B− | A− |
| Vendargues | 7,262 | 1.8 | C+ | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Castelnau-le-Lez | 26,058 | 1.8 | B+ | D− | C+ | A |
| Teyran | 4,787 | 2.1 | A | C− | A+ | A |
| Clapiers | 6,006 | 2.5 | A | D− | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #29 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 55 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns and #38 of 80 in Hérault. 98% of 431 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Georges Pompidou in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,986/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Crès grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Le Crès is a commune of 9,226 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.