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It is a town of 2,148 residents in Hérault, Occitanie.
Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues’s strongest subject is jobs & income (B+) — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.6% unemployment. Health is another plus: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on schools as well: brevet results 4.4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues 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.
The 2 things Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues 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-Geniès-des-Mourgues 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-Geniès-des-Mourgues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Aqueduc alimentant le château, in Castries, 2.2 mi away.
14% 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-Geniès-des-Mourgues.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues from July 2023 to June 2026: 46 houses and apartments. Among the homes sold, 96% were houses. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €13.35/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,882/m² | 44 |
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.
Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues has 2 family doctors. Average lifespans in Hérault: 86.3 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 116 residents of Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues died, against 142 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 5 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.1 mi away. Near Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues, 89.1% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%).
| 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
People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, below Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. One measure of family life: 20% of residents are under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate here is 6.6%. 7.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 24 offenses were recorded in Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues. Violence against people averaged 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.3. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (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, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (29.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Castries4.1 km southwest, in CastriesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Genièsin townChurchChurchChapelle de la Capelette4 km west, in CastriesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaulieu3.7 km north, in BeaulieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Tourtoulon4.1 km southeast, in ValerguesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues.
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-Geniès-des-Mourgues | 2,148 | — | — | D | — | B+ |
| Sussargues | 2,840 | 1.7 | — | D | — | A− |
| Restinclières | 2,612 | 1.8 | — | D | — | A+ |
| Saint-Brès | 3,623 | 2 | B− | D | A | A− |
| Castries | 6,883 | 2.6 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Baillargues | 7,829 | 2.7 | C | D− | C+ | B |
| Lunel-Viel | 4,507 | 3.4 | C+ | D | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.08/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues is a commune of 2,148 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 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.