Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,623 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Saint-Brès grades B− overall: better than 48% of compared French towns, and #27 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saint-Brès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Brès 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Brès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Lansargues, 2.3 mi away.
4% 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 Saint-Brès.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Saint-Brès sell for €3,972/m² and apartments for €2,970/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €14.51/m² a month, above Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. From July 2023 to June 2026, 164 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,972/m² | 65 |
| Apartments | €2,970/m² | 99 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Brès show 27 offenses in 2025. 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, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 18.3% of the index here. As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Brès can choose among 4 GPs. Women in Hérault live to 86.3 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 224 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 228: 2% below.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Among adults, 40% have a degree. Half the people of Saint-Brès are older than 39.4. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, close to both Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Brès | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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.
General-bac pupils go 4.5 mi to the nearest lycée. Schools rank #67 of 80 in Hérault.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le BérangeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 139 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €27,490 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 8.6%, lower than both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 1,800 residents in work, Saint-Brès has 400 jobs: 0.2 each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Saint-Brès. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Castries3.8 km west, in CastriesAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues3.3 km north, in Saint-Geniès-des-MourguesZooZooLe Petit Paradis4.9 km west, in VendarguesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Lunel-Viel4.9 km east, in Lunel-VielChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Geniès3.2 km north, in Saint-Geniès-des-MourguesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Tourtoulon2.3 km east, in ValerguesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saint-Brès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Brès 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-Brès | 3,623 | — | B− | D | A | A− |
| Baillargues | 7,829 | 1.1 | C | D− | C+ | B |
| Mudaison | 3,009 | 1.6 | — | D | — | A |
| Lansargues | 3,233 | 2.3 | A− | C− | B | A− |
| Castries | 6,883 | 2.5 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Lunel-Viel | 4,507 | 3 | C+ | D | B+ | C |
| Vendargues | 7,262 | 3.1 | C+ | D− | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #5 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #67 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Brès grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saint-Brès is a commune of 3,623 people in the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. 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.