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1,022 people call this town in Hérault, Occitanie home.
The weak point is cost of living (D−) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 52% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools, B− for health and C+ for jobs & income. Walkability is weaker too (D).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saturargues 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 Saturargues 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.
Saturargues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saturargues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Oppidum d'Ambrussum, in Villetelle, 2 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saturargues. Best known first.
Archaeological sitePont Ambroix3.3 km east, in Gallargues-le-Montueux
ChâteauChâteau d'Aubais4.4 km northeast, in AubaisMuseumMuseumAmbrussum3 km east, in VilletelleChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Devèze2.2 km southwest, in Entre-VignesChâteauChâteauMas de Christin4.3 km north, in JunasFortFortEnceinte de Boisseron4.8 km northwest, in BoisseronPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saturargues.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 22 homes were sold in Saturargues. Houses accounted for just over nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
3.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Saturargues holds 150 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €27,420 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up two in five adults. Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saturargues | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège AmbrussumNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 155 | 85%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Victor HugoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 275 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Hérault is 86.3 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 59 deaths in Saturargues from 2016 to 2025; there were 52, 12% fewer. There are 2 general practitioners in the town.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Nothing in Saturargues 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 Saturargues 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturargues | 1,022 | — | — | D− | — | B− |
| Aubais Gard | 2,925 | 2.8 | — | C− | — | B |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux Gard | 3,659 | 3 | C | C− | C | B |
| Lunel | 26,623 | 3.3 | C− | D | C+ | C− |
| Lunel-Viel | 4,507 | 3.4 | C+ | D | B+ | C |
| Aigues-Vives Gard | 3,331 | 3.4 | C+ | C− | A | B− |
| Restinclières | 2,612 | 3.7 | — | D | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saturargues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.7 recorded violent incidents and 18.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. 98% of 275 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Victor Hugo in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saturargues is a commune of 1,022 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lunel Agglo. 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) · 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 4, 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.