Puisserguier has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Puisserguier 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 Puisserguier.
Who lives here
An older town: 29% of people in Puisserguier are 65 or over, more than in both Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
26% of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8% of residents, below both Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). Puisserguier has a median age of 51.2.
51.2median age
PuisserguierHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education26%
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
HealthHealth C
Puisserguier sees 94 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.
Life expectancy in Hérault: 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 450 residents of Puisserguier died, against 408 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. The nearest emergency department to Puisserguier is Polyclinique Saint Privat, 10.8 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners here.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Puisserguier · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Saint Privat
9.5 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
Renting in Puisserguier costs less than in both Hérault’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.75/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,600/m², lower than both Hérault’s towns (€3,252/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Puisserguier recorded 148 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 91% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,600/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Puisserguier€1,600/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,637/m²
135
€9.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.93 to €11.99/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud-Hérault
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Money is tighter in Puisserguier than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €23,340 a year per consumption unit
13.2% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot4%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Puisserguier, 0.5 per working resident
13.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Puisserguier keeps more of its old housing than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Puisserguier, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Puisserguier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Violence against people ran at 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.5 (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 33 offenses in Puisserguier. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Puisserguier (2025).
3.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage20
Family violence8
Burglary5
Armed robbery0
Drug use49
Fraud23
Theft without violence8
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.
3.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
33
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
28.4%
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, 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, 28.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Prieuré de Saint-Christophe and 6 more in and around Puisserguier
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Puisserguier. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Puisserguier
Is Puisserguier safe?
Puisserguier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 20 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Puisserguier good?
They grade B+, better than 65% of compared French towns and #39 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Puisserguier expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Puisserguier grades B+ for cost of living.
About Puisserguier
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Puisserguier is a commune of 3,078 people in the Communauté de communes Sud-Hérault. 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.
