Vendres grades D overall: better than 6% of compared French towns, and #74 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is safety (D): an average of 8.4 recorded violent incidents and 26.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €3,304/m², a 70 m² home costs 9.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes La Domitienne. Its strongest is walkability (B): 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Vendres 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 Vendres.
Safety
Vendres records more crime per resident than 90% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 96 offenses in Vendres. This Hérault town has 1,650 jobs for 1,000 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. More of the graded crimes in the town were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025).
8.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles29
Burglary21
Criminal damage21
Other physical violence19
Vehicle theft6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence48
Fraud22
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.
8.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
26.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
96
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.9%
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 · For family violence and sexual violence, 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, 5.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
HousingCost of living C−
Vendres earns a C− for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,304/m²: 163 houses and apartments sold in Vendres between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.13/m² a month, lower than Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €10.92/m² a month.
€3,304/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vendres€3,304/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Hérault median€3,252/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,059/m²
144
€12.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.04 to €14.65/m² a month)
9.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,390
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes La Domitienne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Vendres run higher than in 80% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Hérault, women can expect to live 86.3 years and men 80.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Vendres records 100 deaths per 100 expected, above Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88) alike. 366 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 290: 26% above.
+0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw126
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Vendres · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Beziers
5.3 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
An older town: 27% of people in Vendres are 65 or over, more than in Hérault’s towns or compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 16%, below Hérault’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Typical age in Vendres: 49.1, the median. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.6% of residents.
49.1median age
VendresHérault medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
More people in Vendres are out of work than in Hérault’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.3%
8.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with Hérault’s towns (10.2%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €24,780 a year per consumption unit.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,650
jobs based in Vendres, 1.6 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,780
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 62% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Vendres has 3 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Vendres is Vestiges de la villa de Primuliac. The town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. The pre-1919 share of homes is 6.1%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #51 of 80 in Hérault. At the lycées within 5 km of Vendres, 94.6% passed the bac, about level with Hérault’s towns (95.0%) and above compared French towns (92.9%).
96%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vendres
Is Vendres safe?
It grades D for safety, #68 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vendres good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #51 of 80 in Hérault. The lycée stands out: 96% of 370 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marc Bloch in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vendres expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,304/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vendres grades C− for cost of living.
About Vendres
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Vendres is a commune of 2,616 people in the Communauté de communes La Domitienne. 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.
