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MinerveHérault

A town of 98 in Hérault, Occitanie.

Population

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€9.74

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Walk, cycle, transit

17%

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Minerve a good place to live?

Minerve is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Minerve stand out

The 2 things Minerve does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

33% are second homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

29% are 65 or over

of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town

Median age 56.3. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

église Saint-Étienne · Classé · Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Minerve’s story

Minerve in pictures

Minerve has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1889.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1995.

36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1889First protected: Dolmen dans le tumulus des Bois-Bas
1993Most recently protected: église Saint-Étienne
1995The protected historic area is created

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Nearby attractions

Église Saint-Étienne de Minerve and 15 more in and around Minerve

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Minerve. Best known first.

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ChurchChurchÉglise Saint-Étienne de Minervein town Archaeological siteArchaeological siteDolmens de Bruneauin town Archaeological siteArchaeological siteDolmen de Bruneau Ain town Archaeological siteArchaeological siteDolmen de Bruneau Bin town Archaeological siteArchaeological siteDolmen de Coupiatin town Archaeological siteArchaeological siteDolmen de La Courounellein town

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Minerve.

Who lives here

Minerve has fewer young adults than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 5% are 15 to 24

People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share of residents under 15 is 6.9%. Among adults, 40% have a degree.

56.3median age

MinerveHérault medianFrance median

Hérault medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

29%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma3%

CAP or BEP18%

Baccalauréat26%

Higher education40%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Minerve
	Minerve	Hérault median	France median
Under 15	6.9%	17%	17%
15–24	5%	9.7%	11%
25–44	15%	22%	23%
45–64	45%	27%	26%
65+	29%	24%	22%
No diploma	3.4%	17%	19%
CAP or BEP	18%	23%	26%
Baccalauréat	26%	19%	18%
Higher education	40%	31%	30%

Full pageMinerve’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages56.3 median age · 29% are 65 or over Households60 households · 1.8 people per household Born abroad9.9% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Minerve?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Minerve keeps more of its old housing than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 36% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Minerve is Dolmen dans le tumulus des Bois-Bas. This Hérault town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Since 1995, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé3

Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

Dolmen dans le tumulus des Bois-Bas Prehistory
Dolmen de Bruneau Prehistory
église Saint-Étienne 11th & 12th c.

Prehistory

oldest protected part

1889

first monument protected

1995

protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)

36%

of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Full pageMinerve’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes36% built before 1919 · Older homes Map4 historic monuments Classé3 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Minerve?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Minerve gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in Hérault’s towns and across compared French towns: 17.0% of commuters

Jobs based in Minerve number 50, against 50 residents in work (1.3 per worker). Unemployment stands at 12.2%. At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Minerve went to work by public transport.

17%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving62%

On foot9%

Public transport4%

Bicycle4%

Motorbike or scooter4%

jobs based in Minerve, 1.3 per working resident

12.2%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

17%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work17% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here50 jobs based here · 1.3 per working resident

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Minerve than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.74/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Minerve from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments.

€9.74/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Minerve€9.74/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Hérault median€13.36/m²

€9.74/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.61 to €12.46/m² a month)

€7.33/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageMinerve’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€9.74/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Minerve

12pages on Minerve

The big questions

Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 14.5 mi away Work & commute50 jobs based here Housing3 sales on record, the last three years Flood & hazards

Out and about

Outdoors100% of the commune is protected nature Attractions14 places to visit mapped in town ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 56.3 History4 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Minerve has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

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Classé

Dolmen dans le tumulus des Bois-BasDolmen · Prehistory

Classé

Dolmen de BruneauDolmen · Prehistory

Famous people from Minerve

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Minerve yet.

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Minerve’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Hérault →

Lézignan-CorbièresSallèles-d'AudeOuveillanCuxac-d'AudePuisserguierCapestangMinerve

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Minerve	98	—	—	—	—	—
Lézignan-Corbières Aude	10,343	11	D	B⁻	D	C⁻
Sallèles-d'Aude Aude	3,179	12	D	C	A	C⁻
Ouveillan Aude	2,713	13	B	B	A	C⁻
Cuxac-d'Aude Aude	4,079	15	D	B⁻	C	C⁻
Puisserguier	3,078	15	—	B⁺	—	C
Capestang	3,514	16	B	B⁻	A⁻	C⁻

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Minerve

Commune in Hérault, Occitanie

Minerve is a commune of 98 people in the Communauté de communes du Minervois au Caroux. 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

Population: 98 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes du Minervois au Caroux
Département: Hérault (34)
Région: Occitanie
Area: 10.7 sq mi (27.7 km²)
INSEE code: 34158

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.