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A town of 2,069 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Saussan has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (B+): brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Saussan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saussan 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saussan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine du château des évêques de Montpellier, in Lavérune, 1.7 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saussan. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye de Vignogoul2.8 km north, in Pignan
ChâteauChâteau de Fourques4.3 km northeast, in JuvignacChâteauChâteauChâteau des évêques de Montpellier2.8 km northeast, in LavéruneChâteauChâteauChâteau du Vieux Mujolan3.6 km south, in FabrèguesFortFortOppidum de la Roque3.1 km southeast, in FabrèguesChâteauChâteauEnsemble médiéval de Pignan1.8 km northwest, in PignanPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saussan.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saussan sits above both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure. The median price, €3,315/m², comes from 67 sales of houses and apartments in Saussan from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,375/m² | 62 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Saussan above both Hérault’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 22% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Saussan | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 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.
On this, Saussan is above both Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 181 | 90%−1 pt |
| Collège privé Saint-Charles PrivateBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 100%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Saussan comes above both Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970). 7.8% of the labour force are out of work. Saussan has 250 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 106 residents of Saussan died, against 119 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 22 offenses in the graded categories in Saussan in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 25.8% of the index here.
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
Nothing in Saussan 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 Saussan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saussan | 2,069 | — | — | D | — | B− |
| Fabrègues | 7,447 | 1.1 | C | D | C− | B |
| Pignan | 8,431 | 1.3 | B− | D | B− | B+ |
| Lavérune | 3,302 | 1.9 | C+ | D | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas | 13,328 | 2.7 | C+ | D− | D | A− |
| Cournonterral | 7,359 | 2.9 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Saint-Georges-d'Orques | 5,676 | 2.9 | C | D | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saussan has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 15.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,315/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saussan grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Saussan is a commune of 2,069 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 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.