Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 9,615 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Pérols grades C+ overall: better than 38% of compared French towns, and #38 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A): 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Pérols does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pérols 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 Pérols as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Laurent, in Lattes, 2.5 mi away.
2.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Pérols. Best known first.
MuseumLattara3.7 km west, in Lattes
MuseumMusée archéologique Henri-Prades3.5 km west, in LattesAttractionAttractionPhare de la Méditerranée4 km southwest, in Palavas-les-FlotsChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Mogère4.8 km northwest, in MontpellierMuseumMuseumMusée Albert Dubout3.4 km southwest, in Palavas-les-FlotsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pérols.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Pérols goes for €4,689/m², an apartment for €4,314/m². The estimated advertised rent is €16.25/m² a month, higher than both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €15.32/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,689/m² | 267 |
| Apartments | €4,314/m² | 77 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
21.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Pérols holds 6,500 jobs; 4,200 of its residents are in work, so 1.5 jobs each. The unemployment rate comes to 10.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
2025 saw 313 offenses recorded in Pérols. Violence against people ran at 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 22.6 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
903 deaths in Pérols between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,091: 17% below. In Hérault, women can expect to live 86.3 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Pérols can choose among 13 GPs.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 405 candidates at 2 lycées. Schools rank #62 of 80 in Hérault. At the general lycée, 99% of 328 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fréderic MistralNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 94%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent ChampollionNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 328 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 26% of the town. Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Pérols | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Pérols is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pérols yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pérols | 9,615 | — | C+ | D− | C− | A− |
| Palavas-les-Flots | 6,133 | 2.3 | D | D− | D− | C |
| Lattes | 17,351 | 2.5 | C+ | D− | D | A |
| Mauguio | 16,522 | 3.6 | C | D− | D | B− |
| Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone | 10,872 | 5.1 | C+ | D− | C | B |
| Saint-Aunès | 4,530 | 5.5 | B+ | D | B− | A− |
| Montpellier | 310,240 | 5.6 | C− | D | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #63 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 58 burglaries and 95 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #62 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pérols grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Pérols is a commune of 9,615 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
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.