Tourbes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A−): bac results 2.3 points above the expected rate; brevet results a point above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Tourbes 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tourbes.
Schools
90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Tourbes, 96.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2.1 mi off.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C−
Renting in Tourbes costs less than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.88/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €2,616/m², below Hérault’s towns (€3,252/m²) but above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. 83 houses and apartments changed hands in Tourbes from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,616/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Tourbes€2,616/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,610/m²
80
€10.88/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.73 to €13.54/m² a month)
7.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Hérault-Méditerranée
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Deaths in Tourbes run below what its ages would predict: 81 per 100 expected, fewer than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 176 deaths in Tourbes from 2016 to 2025; there were 143, 19% fewer. At birth, a girl in Hérault can expect 86.3 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. There are 10 general practitioners in the town.
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
10
GPs in Tourbes · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique Pasteur
9.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Beziers
86.3 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Hérault, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Few people in Tourbes are 15 to 24: 7.4%, fewer than in Hérault’s towns and compared French towns
37% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, above Hérault’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The age that splits Tourbes in two is 48.9.
48.9median age
TourbesHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Tourbes: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Tourbes is Château de Peyrat. On the Culture ministry’s list, Tourbes counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Fewer commuters in Tourbes walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7%
9.7% of people in the labour force have no job. Jobs based in Tourbes number 300, against 800 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Also worth knowing: at the census, 5.1% of working residents in Tourbes didn’t travel to work at all.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
300
jobs based in Tourbes, 0.4 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 58% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Tourbes ranks below 52% of compared French towns for crime per resident
The graded crime recorded most in Tourbes was burglary (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Tourbes show 26 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 7.7 violent offenses and 13.2 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
7.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary10
Family violence9
Criminal damage7
Armed robbery0
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.
7.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 20.9% 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.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Tourbes
Is Tourbes safe?
It grades B− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Tourbes good?
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 364 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Moulin in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Tourbes expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Tourbes grades C− for cost of living.
About Tourbes
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Tourbes is a commune of 1,936 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Hérault-Méditerranée. 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
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.
