The weak point is jobs & income (C) — 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.7% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,396/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. Pupils here do less well than most (C): brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. It lags on health as well (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Puissalicon 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.
Each subject compares Puissalicon 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Puissalicon.
Schools
Exam results around Puissalicon trail 73% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.1 mi off. Near Puissalicon, 87.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, below Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Renting in Puissalicon costs less than in Hérault’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.41/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,396/m², comes from 64 sales of houses and apartments in Puissalicon from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 92% were houses. From July 2023 to June 2026, 64 homes were sold here.
€2,396/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Puissalicon€2,396/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,118/m²
59
€11.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.11 to €14.30/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,150
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Puissalicon sees 93 deaths per 100 expected: under what its ages predict, yet above Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
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. 114 deaths in Puissalicon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 122: 7% below. The nearest emergency department to Puissalicon is Polyclinique Saint Privat, 6.3 mi away. This Hérault town has one family doctor.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Puissalicon · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Saint Privat
7.7 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
Few people in Puissalicon are 15 to 24: 8.7%, fewer than in Hérault’s towns and across compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, above both Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 18% of the town. Residents of Puissalicon have a median age of 46.7.
46.7median age
PuissaliconHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Puissalicon keeps more of its old housing than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Puissalicon is Tour romane. This Hérault town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its heritage reaches back to the 10th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Unemployment in Puissalicon, 8.7%, runs below Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €24,230 a year per consumption unit, below Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.2% of commuters at the census. At the census, 4.8% of working residents in Puissalicon didn’t travel to work at all.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
250
jobs based in Puissalicon, 0.5 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Puissalicon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Graded property crimes ran at 10.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 5.8 (2023–2025 average). In all, 15 offenses reached the police record in Puissalicon in 2025.
5.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
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.
5.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
62.6%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 62.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Église de Puissalicon and 8 more in and around Puissalicon
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Puissalicon. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Puissalicon
Is Puissalicon safe?
Puissalicon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Puissalicon good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Puissalicon expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,396/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Puissalicon grades C for cost of living.
About Puissalicon
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Puissalicon is a commune of 1,353 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
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.
