FrançaisGuest, Sign inJoin
France›Hérault›Occitanie

Saint-PrivatHérault

Home to 461 people, this town lies in Hérault, Occitanie.

Is Saint-Privat a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Saint-Privat out for now. Second homes make up 31% of its housing.

What makes Saint-Privat stand out

The one thing Saint-Privat does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Ancien prieuré Saint-Michel de Grandmont
Ancien prieuré Saint-Michel de Grandmont · Classé · Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint-Privat’s story

Saint-Privat in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Privat: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1914.

23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1914First protected: Dolmen dit du Belvédère
  • 1953Most recently protected: Ancien prieuré Saint-Michel de Grandmont
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Privat.

History

Saint-Privat keeps more of its old housing than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 23% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saint-Privat is Dolmen dit du Belvédère. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé3
Inscrit0
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1914
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Saint-Privat has fewer young adults than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 6.8% are 15 to 24

19% of residents are children under 15. The age that splits Saint-Privat in two is 45.5. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, lower than Hérault’s towns (24%) and near compared French towns (22%).

45.5median age
Saint-PrivatHérault medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Privat
Saint-PrivatHérault medianFrance median
Under 1519%17%17%
15–246.8%9.7%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+22%24%22%
No diploma13%17%19%
CAP or BEP28%23%26%
Baccalauréat24%19%18%
Higher education32%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

More people in Saint-Privat are out of work than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: 17.1%

3.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Saint-Privat has 50 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income was €20,020 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970).

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Privat, 0.3 per working resident
17.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,020
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Privat than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.44/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Houses accounted for 92% of sales, apartments for the rest. Sales in Saint-Privat from July 2023 to June 2026: 13 houses and apartments.

€10.44/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Privat€10.44/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hérault median€13.36/m²
€10.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.83 to €13.91/m² a month)
€8.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Prieuré Saint-Michel de Grandmont and 3 more in and around Saint-Privat

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Privat. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Privat

12pages on Saint-Privat

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Saint-Privat: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Dolmen dit du Belvédère: Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame-des-Salces: Photo: Sapin88 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Saint-Privat

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Privat yet.

How we find them →

Saint-Privat’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Hérault →
LodèveSaint-André-de-SangonisClermont-l'HéraultAnianeGignacCanetLodèveSaint-André-de-SangonisClermont-l'HéraultAnianeGignacCanetSaint-Privat
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Privat461—————
Lodève7,2515.9C+BDB−
Saint-André-de-Sangonis6,4278CCB−C+
Clermont-l'Hérault9,4618.5D−C−DC−
Aniane2,9799DCC+C
Gignac6,6519C+C−CB+
Canet3,61911CC−B+B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Privat

Commune in Hérault, Occitanie

Saint-Privat is a commune of 461 people in the Communauté de communes Lodévois et Larzac. 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

Population
461 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Lodévois et Larzac
Département
Hérault (34)
Région
Occitanie
Area
10.4 sq mi (27 km²)
INSEE code
34286

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 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.