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A town of 2,495 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Maureilhan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,273/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes La Domitienne. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Maureilhan 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 2 historic monuments in Maureilhan; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1980.
12% 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 Maureilhan.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.4 mi away. No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 4.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 85%−4 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.
2 GPs practise in Maureilhan. The nearest emergency department to Maureilhan is Polyclinique Saint Privat, 6.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 231 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 190, 18% fewer. In Hérault, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 14th century. Just over a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
28% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Hérault’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. Retirement age and beyond: 21% of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Maureilhan | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 1,050 residents in work, Maureilhan has 750 jobs: 0.7 each. At the census, 4.4% of working residents in Maureilhan didn’t travel to work at all. The unemployment rate comes to 10.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,273/m²: 89 houses and apartments sold in Maureilhan between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. House rents are put at about €10.40/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,277/m² | 87 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Maureilhan. Best known first.
The list names few of Maureilhan’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Baudile: Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Maureilhan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maureilhan | 2,495 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Montady | 3,990 | 1.5 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Maraussan | 4,789 | 1.9 | C+ | B− | B+ | C |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers | 5,261 | 2.6 | C+ | B+ | B | C+ |
| Lignan-sur-Orb | 3,227 | 3.1 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Colombiers | 2,814 | 3.4 | B− | C− | A− | C+ |
| Puisserguier | 3,078 | 4.1 | — | B+ | — | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Maureilhan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,273/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Maureilhan grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Maureilhan is a commune of 2,495 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
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.