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A town of 1,233 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Fewer journeys need a car: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €2,056/m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. Work and incomes lag: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools and C+ for health.
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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Pouzolles 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.
The 2 things Pouzolles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pouzolles 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.
Pouzolles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Pouzolles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien prieuré dit " château " de Cassan, in Roujan, 1.8 mi away.
25% 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 Pouzolles.
Degrees are held by 26% of adults. 28% of residents are 65 or over, above both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5% of the town.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Pouzolles | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Pouzolles didn’t travel to work at all. Unemployment stands at 11.2%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,056/m²: 67 houses and apartments sold in Pouzolles between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 97% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,056/m² | 65 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
127 deaths in Pouzolles between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 141: 10% below. The nearest emergency department to Pouzolles is Polyclinique Pasteur, 7.5 mi away. At birth, a girl in Hérault can expect 86.3 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Pouzolles can choose among 2 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.1 mi off.
| 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
The 2025 count: 16 offenses in Pouzolles. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.5 violent offenses and 14.2 graded property crimes a year. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent 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 family violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 53.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Pouzolles. Best known first.
Nothing in Pouzolles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Pouzolles.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouzolles | 1,233 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Magalas | 3,582 | 3 | C | C | B | B− |
| Servian | 5,517 | 4.2 | D | C− | C+ | C− |
| Caux | 2,718 | 4.7 | C | C | A− | C− |
| Pézenas | 7,797 | 7.2 | C− | C | D− | C |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers | 3,124 | 7.2 | A− | C+ | A | B |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers | 3,000 | 7.5 | B+ | C+ | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pouzolles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,056/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pouzolles grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Pouzolles is a commune of 1,233 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.