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A town of 10,472 in Hérault, Occitanie.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Safety is its strong suit — an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. What holds it back is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at A, #2 of 84 in Hérault. Nationally, it does better than 94% of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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-Gély-du-Fesc does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 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-Gély-du-Fesc as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Aven d'incinération du Suquet, in Les Matelles, 3.3 mi away.
2.3% 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-Gély-du-Fesc.
On the Safety Grade, Saint-Gély-du-Fesc ranks 3rd of the 84 compared towns in Hérault. Police and gendarmerie recorded 108 offenses in the town in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 4.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 858 residents of Saint-Gély-du-Fesc died, against 1,039 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. Average lifespans in Hérault: 86.3 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 16 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Saint-Gély-du-Fesc: €4,266/m² for houses, €3,786/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €15.89/m² a month, higher than both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 78% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,266/m² | 221 |
| Apartments | €3,786/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #20 of 80 in Hérault. At the general lycée, 99% of 447 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François VillonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 218 | 95%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean JaurèsNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 447 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
7.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Per resident in work, Saint-Gély-du-Fesc counts 0.6 jobs (2,700 jobs, 4,400 workers). No commute at all: 4.7% of working residents locally at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
15% are under 15, below Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Those 65 and older account for just over a quarter of residents. Half of Saint-Gély-du-Fesc is older than 48.4, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 55% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Saint-Gély-du-Fesc. Best known first.
Nothing in Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 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-Gély-du-Fesc 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-Gély-du-Fesc | 10,472 | — | A | D | A+ | A |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière | 5,218 | 2 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
| Grabels | 9,092 | 2.9 | B− | D | B− | B− |
| Montferrier-sur-Lez | 4,135 | 3 | A | D− | B+ | A |
| Prades-le-Lez | 6,184 | 3.1 | A− | D− | A− | A− |
| Vailhauquès | 2,722 | 4.6 | — | C− | — | A |
| Clapiers | 6,006 | 4.7 | A | D− | A | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #3 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #20 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-Gély-du-Fesc grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saint-Gély-du-Fesc is a commune of 10,472 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. 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 November 9, 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.