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A town of 8,414 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Marseillan grades D− overall: behind almost every compared French town. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 8.5 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €3,958/m², a 70 m² home costs 11.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% 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 3 things Marseillan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Marseillan 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 lists no building in Marseillan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Villa dite château Laurens, in Agde, 3.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Family days out, museums and other places to visit in and near Marseillan. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marseillan.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Marseillan, 81.2% passed the brevet, lower than both Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.9 mi away. The closest collège is 1.3 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre DeleyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 61%−26 pts |
| Collège privé Notre Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 85 | 99%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
All told, Marseillan had 349 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 14 cases of violence against people and 25.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime locally 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 make up 12%, below Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.2% of residents. At 57.8, the median resident of Marseillan sits in the middle of the age range.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Marseillan | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Houses sell for €3,740/m² in Marseillan, apartments for €4,138/m². 871 sales of houses and apartments locally, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €3,958/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €13.50/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,740/m² | 394 |
| Apartments | €4,138/m² | 477 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,800 a year. 14.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both 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.
Women in Hérault live to 86.3 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its care home for older people (102 places) counts its residents as Marseillan’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% below expected. 1,207 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,157: 4% above.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Nothing in Marseillan is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
6 notable people were born in Marseillan.
Pierre Auguste Roques: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Achille Maffre de Baugé: The original uploader was ByB at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marseillan | 8,414 | — | D− | D | D | C |
| Agde | 29,939 | 4.1 | D− | D | D− | C− |
| Florensac | 5,254 | 4.1 | D | C− | C | B |
| Bessan | 5,838 | 5.6 | D− | C− | C | C |
| Vias | 5,952 | 6.2 | D− | D | D− | C− |
| Mèze | 12,669 | 6.7 | C− | D | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Thibéry | 3,132 | 6.7 | C− | C | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #75 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 115 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D−, better than 5% of compared French towns and #77 of 80 in Hérault. 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 €3,958/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.50/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Marseillan grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Marseillan is a commune of 8,414 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée. 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.