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A town of 4,530 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Saint-Aunès grades B+ overall: better than 74% of compared French towns, and #11 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.6 jobs per working resident; 6.2% unemployment.
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 Saint-Aunès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Aunès 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 Saint-Aunès: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 1st century; the first monument here was protected in 1911.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, gardens and museums in and near Saint-Aunès. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Flaugergues4.8 km southwest, in Montpellier
ChâteauChâteau de Castries4.5 km northeast, in Castries
GardenMotte féodale de Mauguio4.6 km southeast, in Mauguio
ChâteauChâteau des comtes-évêques de Melgueil4.7 km southeast, in MauguioChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bocaud4.7 km northwest, in JacouPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Aunès.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €16.09/m² a month, above Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €14.86/m² a month. Houses made up 64% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,078/m² | 102 |
| Apartments | €4,060/m² | 57 |
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.
Life expectancy at birth in Hérault is 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 204 residents of Saint-Aunès died, against 273 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% fewer. This Hérault town has 6 family doctors.
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.
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Children are just over a fifth of the town. The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.3%.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Aunès | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Saint-Aunès is 95.3%, close to Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #37 of 80 in Hérault. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Voie DomitienneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 220 | 84%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges PompidouNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 431 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Frédéric BazilleBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 188 | 94%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €29,740 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. At the census, 7.2% of working residents in Saint-Aunès didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Saint-Aunès is Borne milliaire. 4% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
With 3,550 jobs for 2,200 working residents, Saint-Aunès draws people in from neighbouring communes. The police record for Saint-Aunès lists 75 offenses in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 16 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.5 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Saint-Aunès (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 · When family violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (6.3% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Aunès has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Borne milliaire: Photo: Sebjarod · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Aunès yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aunès | 4,530 | — | B+ | D | B− | A− |
| Vendargues | 7,262 | 1.3 | C+ | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Le Crès | 9,226 | 1.6 | B | D− | B | B+ |
| Castelnau-le-Lez | 26,058 | 2.7 | B+ | D− | C+ | A |
| Castries | 6,883 | 2.8 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Baillargues | 7,829 | 2.8 | C | D− | C+ | B |
| Jacou | 6,924 | 2.8 | A− | D− | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #36 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 40 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #37 of 80 in Hérault. 98% of 431 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Georges Pompidou in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €4,078/m² (102 sales), apartments €4,060/m² (57 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Aunès grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saint-Aunès is a commune of 4,530 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or. 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.