Roujan’s schools beat most: brevet results a point below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 14.1% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,140/m² costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety and C+ for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Roujan 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 Roujan 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 Roujan.
HealthHealth C−
Roujan’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 80% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 264 deaths in Roujan from 2016 to 2025; there were 266, 1% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Roujan records 101 deaths per 100 expected, above both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Roujan is Polyclinique Pasteur, 6.5 mi away. 4 GPs practise in the town.
+1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted101
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Roujan · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Pasteur
11.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Beziers
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Roujan skews older, with 32% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.3% of the town, lower than both Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%). 14% of residents are children under 15. Half of Roujan is older than 53.3, half younger.
53.3median age
RoujanHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Roujan keeps more of its old housing than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Roujan is Chapelle Saint-Nazaire. This Hérault town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 9th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Per resident, Roujan sees more crime than 58% of compared French towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.6 cases of violence against people and 13.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 43 offenses were reported in Roujan during 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
9.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage17
Family violence13
Other physical violence13
Theft without violence14
Fraud13
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.
9.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
43
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.3%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 20.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Roujan, 14.1%, runs above Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
At the census, 6.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,020 a year per consumption unit.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
600
jobs based in Roujan, 0.8 per working resident
14.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 42% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Roujan
Are schools in Roujan good?
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Roujan expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,140/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Roujan grades C+ for cost of living.
About Roujan
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Roujan is a commune of 2,336 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.
