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A town in Hérault, Occitanie, home to 4,507 people.
A town of contrasts. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Lunel-Viel’s overall grade, C+, puts it better than 37% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #40 of 84 in Hérault. Jobs and pay trail most towns (C−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.4% unemployment. Schools are where it shines — bac results 1.1 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.4 points above the expected rate.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Lunel-Viel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lunel-Viel 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.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Lunel-Viel; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
Bernard de Montaut-Manse, born in 1893, is the one person born in Lunel-Viel before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lunel-Viel. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Tour des Prisons3.5 km east, in Lunel
ChâteauChâteau des Gaucelm3.5 km east, in LunelMuseumMuseumLouis Médard3.5 km east, in LunelChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Devèze3.2 km north, in Entre-VignesGardenGardenArboretum de Lunel3.6 km southeast, in LunelPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lunel-Viel.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Lunel-Viel from July 2023 to June 2026: 119 houses and apartments. Houses made up 85% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €13.35/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,125/m² | 101 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 11.4%. At the census, 5.3% of working residents in Lunel-Viel didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
95.4% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Lunel-Viel, about level with Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 87% passed the bac pro, of 153 candidates at 2 lycées. For exam results, it comes #21 of 80 in Hérault.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Petite CamargueNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 173 | 87%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Louis FeuilladeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 303 | 97%+2 pts |
| Collège Fréderic MistralBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 153 | 92%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (63 places) counts its residents as Lunel-Viel’s; allowing for it, deaths were 3% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 443 residents of Lunel-Viel died, against 385 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. In Hérault, women can expect to live 86.3 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Hérault town has 2 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
The police record for Lunel-Viel lists 61 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.1 violent offenses and 13.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence and burglary number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (6.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town. The middle age in Lunel-Viel is 42.1. 10% of residents are 15 to 24, near both Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%).
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Lunel-Viel | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total, higher than both Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Lunel-Viel has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Lunel-Viel.
Georges Rouquier: Jean Claude TREBOSC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bernard de Montaut-Manse: unknown ; inconnu, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunel-Viel | 4,507 | — | C+ | D | B+ | C |
| Saint-Just | 3,293 | 1.9 | — | D | — | B |
| Lansargues | 3,233 | 1.9 | A− | C− | B | A− |
| Lunel | 26,623 | 2 | C− | D | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Brès | 3,623 | 3 | B− | D | A | A− |
| Mudaison | 3,009 | 3.4 | — | D | — | A |
| Baillargues | 7,829 | 4.1 | C | D− | C+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #21 of 84 in Hérault.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #21 of 80 in Hérault. The lycée stands out: 97% of 303 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Louis Feuillade in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.46/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Lunel-Viel grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Lunel-Viel is a commune of 4,507 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lunel Agglo. 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.