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1,135 residents make their home in this town in Hérault, Occitanie.
Jobs and pay hold up well (B): 1 job per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. Its weakest subject is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 46% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Félix-de-Lodez 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 Saint-Félix-de-Lodez 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-Félix-de-Lodez has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Félix-de-Lodez as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Monument aux morts, in Clermont-l'Hérault, 2.8 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Félix-de-Lodez is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Félix-de-Lodez.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Saint-Félix-de-Lodez: 27 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. Among the homes sold, 89% were houses.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Hérault live to 86.3 on average and men to 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Saint-Félix-de-Lodez records 104 deaths per 100 expected, above Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 74 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 77, 4% more.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population. Ages in Saint-Félix-de-Lodez split evenly at 45.6: half are older, half younger. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 10% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Félix-de-Lodez | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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 town’s pupils have a collège 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Max RouquetteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 171 | 95%+3 pts |
| Lycée René GosseNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 222 | 95%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez has 550 jobs for 550 working residents, 1 per worker. Nearly one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Saint-Félix-de-Lodez. Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Félix-de-Lodez show 8 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.6 violent offenses and 11 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 75.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Félix-de-Lodez. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau des Guilhem4.5 km southwest, in Clermont-l'HéraultChâteauChâteauChâteau de Jonquières1.8 km northeast, in JonquièresAttractionAttractionCanyon du Diable4.4 km north, in Saint-Saturnin-de-LucianChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Guiraud1.5 km north, in Saint-GuiraudAttractionAttractionColorado Languedocien4 km north, in Saint-Saturnin-de-LucianPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Félix-de-Lodez yet.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez is a commune of 1,135 people in the Communauté de communes du Clermontais. 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
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-Félix-de-Lodez | 1,135 | — | — | D | — | D |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis | 6,427 | 2.4 | C | C | B− | C+ |
| Clermont-l'Hérault | 9,461 | 2.8 | D− | C− | D | C− |
| Canet | 3,619 | 4.3 | C | C− | B+ | B− |
| Gignac | 6,651 | 4.6 | C+ | C− | C | B+ |
| Aniane | 2,979 | 6.5 | D | C | C+ | C |
| Paulhan | 4,039 | 8.5 | D | C− | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns. 95% of 222 candidates passed the bac at Lycée René Gosse in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 November 8, 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.