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ValflaunèsHérault

A town of 795 in Hérault, Occitanie.

Is Valflaunès a good place to live?

Valflaunès is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Château de la Roquette (ou Viviourès)
Château de la Roquette (ou Viviourès) · Inscrit · Photo: LaurentRG · CC BY-SA 3.0
Valflaunès’ story

Valflaunès in pictures

Valflaunès has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).

The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 2025.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2025First protected: Château de la Roquette (ou Viviourès)
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valflaunès.

Who lives here

Valflaunès is a graduates’ town: 53% hold a degree, more than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.2% of the population. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, close to Hérault’s towns (24%) and above compared French towns (22%). Valflaunès has a median age of 45.4.

45.4median age
ValflaunèsHérault medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma11%
CAP or BEP15%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education53%

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 Valflaunès
ValflaunèsHérault medianFrance median
Under 1517%17%17%
15–247.2%9.7%11%
25–4425%22%23%
45–6425%27%26%
65+25%24%22%
No diploma11%17%19%
CAP or BEP15%23%26%
Baccalauréat16%19%18%
Higher education53%31%30%

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

History

Valflaunès keeps more of its old housing than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919

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

Valflaunès has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 10th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
10th c.
oldest protected part
2025
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Valflaunès is better off than Hérault’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,040 a year per consumption unit

At the census, 3.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, below Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. For its 350 residents in work, Valflaunès has 150 jobs: 0.5 each.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Valflaunès, 0.5 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,040
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

100.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.9 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 6.7 mi away.

100.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Valflaunès100.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Alain SavaryNearest collègeCollègeCollège132100%+5 pts
100.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
2.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Valflaunès is €12.84/m² a month

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

Valflaunès recorded 20 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€12.84/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Valflaunès€12.84/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hérault median€13.36/m²
€12.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.71 to €15.40/m² a month)
€11.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de la Roquette and 3 more in and around Valflaunès

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Valflaunès. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Valflaunès

13pages on Valflaunès

Landmarks

Valflaunès has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Château de la Roquette (ou Viviourès): Photo: LaurentRG · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Valflaunès

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Valflaunès yet.

How we find them →

Valflaunès’ 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 →
Saint-Mathieu-de-TréviersSaint-DrézérySaint-Martin-de-LondresPrades-le-LezSaint-Gély-du-FescSaint-Clément-de-RivièreSaint-Mathieu-de-TréviersSaint-DrézérySaint-Martin-de-LondresPrades-le-LezSaint-Gély-du-FescSaint-Clément-de-RivièreValflaunès
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Valflaunès795—————
Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers4,9792.6A+C−A+A
Saint-Drézéry3,0067.1—D—A+
Saint-Martin-de-Londres2,6967.3—B−—A
Prades-le-Lez6,1847.5A−D−A−A−
Saint-Gély-du-Fesc10,4728.5ADA+A
Saint-Clément-de-Rivière5,2188.5ADB+A+

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

About Valflaunès

Commune in Hérault, Occitanie

Valflaunès is a commune of 795 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Pic Saint-Loup. 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
795 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Pic Saint-Loup
Département
Hérault (34)
Région
Occitanie
Area
8.2 sq mi (21.2 km²)
INSEE code
34322

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.