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A town of 1,008 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Neffiès has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. At the median price of €2,382/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. Its strongest is schools (B+): brevet results a point below the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Neffiès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Neffiès 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 no building in Neffiès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Gervais, in Caux, 2.6 mi away.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Neffiès.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Neffiès records 99 deaths per 100 expected, above both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
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
For Neffiès, that is above both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Neffiès | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,382/m², comes from 57 sales of houses and apartments in Neffiès from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.81/m² a month, below Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,401/m² | 56 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Neffiès sits above both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. 5.4% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
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.
That puts Neffiès above both Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Boby LapointeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 92%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Neffiès. Best known first.
Nothing in Neffiès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Neffiès.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Neffiès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 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 68% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Neffiès grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Neffiès is a commune of 1,008 people in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. 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.