Schools are its strong suit — brevet results at the expected rate. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health, B− for jobs & income and B for walkability. Homes go for a median €3,615/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Murviel-lès-Montpellier 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 Murviel-lès-Montpellier 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Murviel-lès-Montpellier.
HousingCost of living D
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Murviel-lès-Montpellier than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: €14.95/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €12.56/m² a month. The market in Murviel-lès-Montpellier: 48 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 92% were houses.
€3,615/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Murviel-lès-Montpellier€3,615/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,660/m²
44
€14.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.95 to €18.70/m² a month)
10.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.56/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Murviel-lès-Montpellier hold a degree than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 51%
18% of residents are 65 or over, below both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. Ages in Murviel-lès-Montpellier split evenly at 43.4: half are older, half younger.
43.4median age
Murviel-lès-MontpellierHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma8%
CAP or BEP18%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education51%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
2 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, above both Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Murviel-lès-Montpellier is Oppidum pré-romain ou site archéologique de l'agglomération antique du Castellas. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Murviel-lès-Montpellier is better off than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €29,380 a year per consumption unit
Jobs based in Murviel-lès-Montpellier number 250, against 1,000 residents in work (0.2 per worker). 7.9% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 9.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot2%
250
jobs based in Murviel-lès-Montpellier, 0.2 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Murviel-lès-Montpellier is above 58% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Hérault: 86.3 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 172 deaths in Murviel-lès-Montpellier from 2016 to 2025; there were 207, 20% more. Its care home for older people (43 places) counts its residents as Murviel-lès-Montpellier’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. For a family doctor, residents of Murviel-lès-Montpellier can choose among 2 GPs.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Murviel-lès-Montpellier · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu Mtp Plate Forme Telephonique Samu Vailhauques
5.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Clementville
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Murviel-lès-Montpellier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people ran at 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.1 (2023–2025 average). Over 2025, Murviel-lès-Montpellier logged 20 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
2.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Burglary9
Armed robbery0
Fraud17
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.
2.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
32.1%
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, vehicle theft 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 (32.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Oppidum d'Altimurium and 7 more in and around Murviel-lès-Montpellier
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Murviel-lès-Montpellier. Best known first.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oppidum pré-romain ou site archéologique de l'agglomération antique du Castellas: Photo: Sacamol · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Murviel-lès-Montpellier
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Murviel-lès-Montpellier yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Murviel-lès-Montpellier
Is Murviel-lès-Montpellier safe?
Murviel-lès-Montpellier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Murviel-lès-Montpellier good?
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Murviel-lès-Montpellier expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Murviel-lès-Montpellier grades D for cost of living.
About Murviel-lès-Montpellier
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Murviel-lès-Montpellier is a commune of 2,075 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
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.
