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A town of 3,990 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Montady has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment. At the median price of €2,578/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes La Domitienne.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Montady 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.
Montady has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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Montady has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1960.
Oswald Durand, born in 1888, is the one person born in Montady before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Montady. Best known first.
AttractionOppidum d'Ensérune3.2 km southwest, in Nissan-lez-EnseruneChurchChurchChapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Miséricorde de Nissan-lez-Enserune4.2 km south, in Nissan-lez-EnseruneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Maureilhan2.6 km north, in MaureilhanChâteauChâteauChâteau de Perdiguier4.9 km northeast, in MaraussanPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montady.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.8% of the town. 16% are under 15, below Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Ages in Montady split evenly at 49.5: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Montady | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €24,530 a year per consumption unit, about level with Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and below compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 11.7%. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Montady didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
107 sales of houses and apartments in Montady, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,578/m². Houses were 97% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,590/m² | 104 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. Before 1919: that is when 6.6% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 439 residents of Montady died, against 436 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Its care home for older people (62 places) counts its residents as Montady’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Montady is Centre hospitalier de Beziers, 6.3 mi away. The 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.
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.8. 30 offenses were reported in Montady during 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 25.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The list names few of Montady’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Montady.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montady | 3,990 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Colombiers | 2,814 | 1.9 | B− | C− | A− | C+ |
| Maraussan | 4,789 | 2.6 | C+ | B− | B+ | C |
| Nissan-lez-Enserune | 4,124 | 3.4 | B− | B− | B+ | B− |
| Lignan-sur-Orb | 3,227 | 3.9 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers | 5,261 | 4.1 | C+ | B+ | B | C+ |
| Capestang | 3,514 | 4.2 | B | B− | A− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montady has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,578/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Montady grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Montady is a commune of 3,990 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.