Lespignan grades B overall: better than 61% of compared French towns, and #15 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 17.1% unemployment. At the median price of €2,167/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes La Domitienne. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 4 points above the expected rate.
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 Lespignan 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Lespignan runs lower than in 79% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 59 offenses in the graded categories in Lespignan in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.3 (2023–2025 average). For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 21.2% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
3.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage26
Theft from vehicles18
Family violence15
Armed robbery0
Fraud21
Theft without violence8
Drug use6
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.
3.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
59
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
21.2%
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
HealthHealth C+
Lespignan sees 93 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Lespignan comes above both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 355 residents of Lespignan died, against 356 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 0% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Lespignan · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Beziers
5.7 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
Lespignan has higher unemployment than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 17.1%
For Lespignan, that is above both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 5.8% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
350
jobs based in Lespignan, 0.3 per working resident
17.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,050
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Homes in Lespignan sell for €2,167/m² at the median, against €3,252/m² in Hérault’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,167/m², comes from 163 sales of houses and apartments in Lespignan from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.49/m² a month, below both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
€2,167/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lespignan€2,167/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,151/m²
155
€11.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.51 to €13.88/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes La Domitienne
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Lespignan keeps more of its old housing than Hérault or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Lespignan above both Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Lespignan: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Lespignan is Villa gallo-romaine.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lespignan
Is Lespignan safe?
It grades A− for safety, #11 of 84 in Hérault.
Are schools in Lespignan good?
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #4 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lespignan expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lespignan grades C+ for cost of living.
About Lespignan
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Lespignan is a commune of 3,414 people in the Communauté de communes La Domitienne. 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.
