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A town of 1,014 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Montaud has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% 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.
The one thing Montaud does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Montaud 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 1 historic monument in Montaud, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1942.
11% 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 Montaud.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Montaud below both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 46 residents of Montaud died, against 80 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 42% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
At the census, 3.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €29,330 a year per consumption unit. Montaud has 100 jobs for 450 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
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.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.
Source: 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Montaud, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 11% 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
On this, Montaud is above both Hérault’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 21% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Montaud | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 5 offenses in the graded categories in Montaud in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 88.7% of the index here.
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
Montaud has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ruines du château de Montlaur: Photo: Oli 34160 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montaud yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montaud | 1,014 | — | — | C− | — | A+ |
| Saint-Drézéry | 3,006 | 1.5 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Sussargues | 2,840 | 3.4 | — | D | — | A− |
| Restinclières | 2,612 | 4.2 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers | 4,979 | 4.9 | A+ | C− | A+ | A |
| Teyran | 4,787 | 5.1 | A | C− | A+ | A |
| Castries | 6,883 | 5.2 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montaud has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Montaud is a commune of 1,014 people in the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. 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) · 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.