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A town in Hérault, Occitanie, home to 3,530 people.
A town with more to fix than most. Homes are dear (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Work and incomes lag: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 15.6% unemployment. Walkability is its strong suit: 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at D, #66 of 84 in Hérault. Nationally, it does better than 11% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Portiragnes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Portiragnes 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 1 historic monument in Portiragnes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Portiragnes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Portiragnes sell for €3,528/m² and apartments for €2,587/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €12.10/m² a month, below Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 330 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,528/m² | 282 |
| Apartments | €2,587/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
13% are under 15, below Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. The middle age in Portiragnes is 53.9.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Portiragnes | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 8.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,260 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Portiragnes can choose among 3 GPs. Women in Hérault live to 86.3 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 365 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 386: 6% below.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Portiragnes is Église Saint-Félix. Protection here reaches back to the 14th century. 4.5% of homes were built before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
76 offenses were reported in Portiragnes during 2025. Violence against people averaged 5 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 16.7. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 other physical violence, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 6.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Family days out, museums and heritage in and near Portiragnes. Best known first.
Portiragnes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Félix: Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Portiragnes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portiragnes | 3,530 | — | D | D | B− | C |
| Cers | 2,503 | 2.3 | — | D | — | C+ |
| Villeneuve-lès-Béziers | 4,500 | 3.3 | D | C− | C | C− |
| Vias | 5,952 | 3.8 | D− | D | D− | C− |
| Sérignan | 8,588 | 3.9 | D− | D | D | C+ |
| Sauvian | 5,608 | 4.5 | C− | D | A− | C |
| Valras-Plage | 4,432 | 4.6 | D− | D− | D− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #40 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Portiragnes grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Portiragnes is a commune of 3,530 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Hérault-Méditerranée. 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.