Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,009 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Mudaison has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% 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 2 things Mudaison does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mudaison 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.
Mudaison has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mudaison, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2012.
Camille Reboul, born in 1869, is the one person born in Mudaison before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mudaison.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Mudaison above both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,734/m², comes from 79 sales of houses and apartments in Mudaison from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,770/m² | 71 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Mudaison is below both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 158 residents of Mudaison died, against 221 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% 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
In the comparison, Mudaison comes below both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Mudaison has 1,000 jobs for 1,450 working residents, 0.7 per worker. The median disposable income is €27,740 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Mudaison, that is above both Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le BérangeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 139 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Mudaison sits above both Hérault’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Mudaison | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mudaison, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage, gardens and other places to visit in and near Mudaison. Best known first.
GardenMotte féodale de Mauguio4.1 km southwest, in Mauguio
ChâteauChâteau des comtes-évêques de Melgueil4.1 km southwest, in MauguioChâteauChâteauChâteau de Tourtoulon3.1 km northeast, in ValerguesAttractionAttractionLes Petits Fermiers au Pays de l'Or2.1 km northeast, in LansarguesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Mudaison has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Mudaison.
Camille Reboul: Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mudaison | 3,009 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Saint-Brès | 3,623 | 1.6 | B− | D | A | A− |
| Baillargues | 7,829 | 1.7 | C | D− | C+ | B |
| Lansargues | 3,233 | 1.8 | A− | C− | B | A− |
| Lunel-Viel | 4,507 | 3.4 | C+ | D | B+ | C |
| Vendargues | 7,262 | 3.6 | C+ | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Castries | 6,883 | 3.6 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mudaison has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #26 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,734/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mudaison grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Mudaison is a commune of 3,009 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or. 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.
