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3,006 people call this town in Hérault, Occitanie home.
Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 47% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. The median home sells for €3,846/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Drézéry has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Saint-Drézéry does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Drézéry 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.
Saint-Drézéry has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Drézéry has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 2019.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Drézéry.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 3 general practitioners in Saint-Drézéry. At birth, a girl in Hérault can expect 86.3 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 119 residents of Saint-Drézéry died, against 163 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Drézéry is Clinique du Parc, 7.9 mi away.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 89% houses, the rest apartments. Houses are advertised at an estimated €12.27/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 72 homes were sold in Saint-Drézéry.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,889/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. 20% are under 15, higher than both Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Saint-Drézéry is 40.9.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Drézéry | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century. Nearly one in ten homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Jobs based in Saint-Drézéry number 350, against 1,450 residents in work (0.2 per worker). At the census, 4.6% 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%). Unemployment runs at 9.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Saint-Drézéry was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 25 offenses recorded in the town. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.3 violent offenses and 8 graded property crimes a year.
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 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, 27.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage in and near Saint-Drézéry. Best known first.
Saint-Drézéry has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien château: Photo: Anne AUBRY · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Drézéry as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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-Drézéry | 3,006 | — | — | D | — | A+ |
| Sussargues | 2,840 | 1.9 | — | D | — | A− |
| Restinclières | 2,612 | 3.1 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Castries | 6,883 | 3.7 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Teyran | 4,787 | 4.3 | A | C− | A+ | A |
| Vendargues | 7,262 | 5 | C+ | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Brès | 3,623 | 5.2 | B− | D | A | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Drézéry has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.83/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Drézéry grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saint-Drézéry is a commune of 3,006 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.