Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Hérault, Occitanie, this town has 3,124 residents.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 8 points above the expected rate. Overall, Thézan-lès-Béziers earns an A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #7 of 84 in Hérault. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The catch is jobs & income (C): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 12.2% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,299/m² costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Thézan-lès-Béziers does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Thézan-lès-Béziers 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 Thézan-lès-Béziers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines de l'église de Saint-Vincent de Savignac, in Cazouls-lès-Béziers, 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 Thézan-lès-Béziers.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #2 of 80 in Hérault. 94.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Thézan-lès-Béziers, above Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. Also worth knowing: the nearest general lycée is 5.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le CèdreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 119 | 94%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Thézan-lès-Béziers came to 46 in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 18.7% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,299/m²: 118 houses and apartments sold in Thézan-lès-Béziers between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €11.58/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 92% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,352/m² | 109 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, close to Hérault’s towns (24%) and above compared French towns (22%). Half of Thézan-lès-Béziers is older than 46.9, half younger. Under-15s account for 18% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Thézan-lès-Béziers | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 384 residents of Thézan-lès-Béziers died, against 378 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Thézan-lès-Béziers’; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. Average lifespans in Hérault: 86.3 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 3 general practitioners locally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Unemployment stood at 12.2%, near Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). 4.2% of Thézan-lès-Béziers’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Thézan-lès-Béziers. Best known first.
Nothing in Thézan-lès-Béziers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Thézan-lès-Béziers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thézan-lès-Béziers | 3,124 | — | A− | C+ | A | B |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers | 3,000 | 2.1 | B+ | C+ | B+ | C+ |
| Lignan-sur-Orb | 3,227 | 2.4 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Maraussan | 4,789 | 3.5 | C+ | B− | B+ | C |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers | 5,261 | 3.7 | C+ | B+ | B | C+ |
| Magalas | 3,582 | 4.6 | C | C | B | B− |
| Boujan-sur-Libron | 3,619 | 5.1 | B− | D | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #7 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #2 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,299/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Thézan-lès-Béziers grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Thézan-lès-Béziers is a commune of 3,124 people in the Communauté de communes Les Avant-Monts. 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 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.