With a B− overall, Nissan-lez-Enserune sits #28 of 84 in Hérault. Nationally, it does better than 45% of compared French towns. Its strongest subject is safety (B+): an average of 5.7 recorded violent incidents and 12.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,020/m² takes 5.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes La Domitienne. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Nissan-lez-Enserune 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.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Nissan-lez-Enserune: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1935.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1935First protected: Oppidum d'Ensérune
1981Most recently protected: Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Miséricorde
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Nissan-lez-Enserune: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Oppidum d'Ensérune: Photo: classe unique St-Sulpice-des-Rivoires Isère - FRANCE · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Miséricorde: Photo: Selmoval · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tunnel-aqueduc de drainage de l'étang de Colombiers et Montady: Photo: Peter Haas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Saturnin: Photo: Patrice Semeria · Public domain
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Nissan-lez-Enserune.
Safety
Nissan-lez-Enserune ranks below 66% of compared French towns for crime per resident
5.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
The police record for Nissan-lez-Enserune lists 96 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage36
Burglary16
Theft from vehicles16
Family violence15
Other physical violence13
Fraud34
Theft without violence11
Drug use9
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.
5.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
96
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.5%
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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (8.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Fewer people in Nissan-lez-Enserune hold a degree than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 23%
47.9median age
Those 65 and older account for just over a quarter of residents. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.1%, below Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Residents of Nissan-lez-Enserune have a median age of 47.9.
Nissan-lez-EnseruneHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Nissan-lez-Enserune are out of work than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.1%
7%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €23,640 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.1% of commuters at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
850
jobs based in Nissan-lez-Enserune, 0.5 per working resident
14.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,640
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 62% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Nissan-lez-Enserune: 14% were built before 1919, more than in both Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Nissan-lez-Enserune is Oppidum d'Ensérune. The protected list starts in prehistory. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Nissan-lez-Enserune’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 52% of compared French towns
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Hérault, life expectancy at birth reaches 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 494 deaths in Nissan-lez-Enserune between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 469: 5% above. Its two care homes for older people (74 places) count their residents as Nissan-lez-Enserune’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Nissan-lez-Enserune is Centre hospitalier de Beziers, 7.4 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Nissan-lez-Enserune · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Beziers
6.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Champeau Groupe Axe Sante
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A home in Nissan-lez-Enserune sells for €2,020/m², less than in both Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
€2,020/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.73/m² a month, below both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.49/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 192 homes in Nissan-lez-Enserune.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Nissan-lez-Enserune€2,020/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,157/m²
176
€10.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.55 to €13.47/m² a month)
5.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes La Domitienne
Nissan-lez-Enserune is a commune of 4,124 people in the Communauté de communes La Domitienne. 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
Population
4,124 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes La Domitienne
Département
Hérault (34)
Région
Occitanie
Area
11.6 sq mi (30.2 km²)
INSEE code
34183
Nissan-lez-Enserune’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
