Schools do well: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,163/m²: 70 m² comes to 6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Vallée de l'Hérault. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Montpeyroux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Montpeyroux 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Montpeyroux keeps more of its old housing than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 28% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. Montpeyroux has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
Renting in Montpeyroux costs less than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.61/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,163/m²: 40 houses and apartments sold in Montpeyroux between July 2023 and June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 40 homes were sold locally. Among the homes sold, 95% were houses.
€2,163/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Montpeyroux€2,163/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,163/m²
38
€11.61/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.09 to €14.84/m² a month)
6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,200
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallée de l'Hérault
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B
Montpeyroux’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Montpeyroux records 85 deaths per 100 expected, near both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 157 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 134, 15% fewer. Women in Hérault live to 86.3 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 2 GPs practise locally.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw85
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Montpeyroux · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Mtp Smur Antenne Clermont L Herault
18.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu Montpellier Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Montpeyroux is a graduates’ town: 42% hold a degree, more than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). 19% of residents are children under 15.
43.9median age
MontpeyrouxHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education42%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Fewer commuters in Montpeyroux walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 7.4%
Unemployment stood at 9.7%, below Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). 4.6% of Montpeyroux’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Montpeyroux, 0.4 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 51% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Montpeyroux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The graded crime recorded most in Montpeyroux was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 9 offenses were recorded locally. Violence against people ran at 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.6 (2023–2025 average).
4.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage9
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0
Fraud9
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.
4.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
83.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (83.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montpeyroux
Is Montpeyroux safe?
Montpeyroux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Montpeyroux good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montpeyroux expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,163/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montpeyroux grades C+ for cost of living.
About Montpeyroux
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Montpeyroux is a commune of 1,449 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée de l'Hérault. 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
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.
