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The town has 10,872 residents and lies in Hérault, Occitanie.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. At C+ overall, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone ranks #41 of 84 in Hérault. It comes out better than 37% of compared French towns. The weak point is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety lags: an average of 11.6 recorded violent incidents and 15.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A−): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
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 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 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.
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The one thing Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ensemble historique et archéologique de la cité épiscopale et canoniale de Maguelone: Photo: Bonho1962 · Public domain · église Saint-Étienne: Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone goes for €3,989/m², an apartment for €3,333/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €15.54/m² a month, higher than both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market locally: 230 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,989/m² | 163 |
| Apartments | €3,333/m² | 67 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #5 of 80 in Hérault.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des salinsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 134 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €27,100 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 4,400 residents in work, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone has 2,350 jobs: 0.5 each. 12.1% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
263 offenses were reported in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone during 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone (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 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town. 16% are under 15, about level with Hérault’s towns (17%) and below compared French towns (17%). Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone has a median age of 41.8 years.
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone is église Saint-Étienne. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.6% of the total, lower than both Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 727 residents of Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone died, against 765 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer. Its care home for older people (64 places) counts its residents as Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone’s; allowing for it, deaths were 14% below expected. There are 7 general practitioners locally. Average lifespans in Hérault: 86.3 years for women, 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Family days out, heritage and other places to visit in and near Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone is a commune of 10,872 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone | 10,872 | — | C+ | D− | C | B |
| Mireval | 3,301 | 3.2 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas | 13,328 | 3.3 | C+ | D− | D | A− |
| Lattes | 17,351 | 3.5 | C+ | D− | D | A |
| Palavas-les-Flots | 6,133 | 3.9 | D | D− | D− | C |
| Fabrègues | 7,447 | 4.2 | C | D | C− | B |
| Lavérune | 3,302 | 4.5 | C+ | D | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #59 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 79 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #5 of 80 in Hérault. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone grades D− for cost of living.
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 9, 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.