Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 7,262 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Vendargues grades C+ overall: better than 40% of compared French towns, and #32 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Vendargues does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vendargues 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 Vendargues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges de l'ancienne église paroissiale Saint-Etienne, in Castries, 1.5 mi away.
4% 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 Vendargues.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Vendargues is above both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €3,808/m², comes from 179 sales of houses and apartments in Vendargues from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Vendargues sell for €3,914/m² and apartments for €3,514/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,914/m² | 135 |
| Apartments | €3,514/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Vendargues comes below both Hérault’s towns (11.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €28,410 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 174 offenses in the graded categories in Vendargues in 2025. For sexual violence and armed robbery, 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, 1.0% of the index here. With 5,800 jobs for 3,500 working residents, Vendargues draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 567 residents of Vendargues died, against 560 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. Its care home for older people (63 places) counts its residents as Vendargues’; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. 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.
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
For Vendargues, that is above both Hérault’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 20% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Vendargues | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 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.
At the lycées within 5 km of Vendargues, 95.3% passed the bac, close to Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les PinsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 82%−11 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges PompidouNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 431 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège le BérangeBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 139 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Vendargues. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Castries2.4 km northeast, in CastriesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bocaud4.8 km west, in JacouAttractionAttractionLes deux cyprès jumeaux du Pioch Palat1.3 km south, in Saint-AunèsMuseumMuseumMusée Saharien3.7 km southwest, in Le CrèsAttractionAttractionChapelle de la Capelette3.9 km north, in CastriesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Vendargues is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Vendargues.
Pierre Berthezène: scan made by arsène lapin, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendargues | 7,262 | — | C+ | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Aunès | 4,530 | 1.3 | B+ | D | B− | A− |
| Castries | 6,883 | 1.5 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Le Crès | 9,226 | 1.8 | B | D− | B | B+ |
| Baillargues | 7,829 | 2.1 | C | D− | C+ | B |
| Teyran | 4,787 | 2.8 | A | C− | A+ | A |
| Jacou | 6,924 | 2.9 | A− | D− | A− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #49 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 34 burglaries and 57 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #50 of 80 in Hérault. 98% of 431 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Georges Pompidou in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. 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 €3,808/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vendargues grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Vendargues is a commune of 7,262 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.
