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A town of 1,229 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Viols-le-Fort has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Viols-le-Fort 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 Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Viols-le-Fort, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Viols-le-Fort.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Viols-le-Fort sits above both Hérault’s towns (89) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 115 residents of Viols-le-Fort died, against 83 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% more. 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Viols-le-Fort above both Hérault’s towns (€13.36/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Viols-le-Fort is above both Hérault’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Viols-le-Fort | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 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.
In the comparison, Viols-le-Fort comes above both Hérault’s towns (8.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Viols-le-Fort, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
For Viols-le-Fort, that is above both Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and compared French towns (€25,970). Viols-le-Fort has 250 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Unemployment stands at 8.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Viols-le-Fort. Best known first.
Viols-le-Fort has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Tour-porte de Fabregole: Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Viols-le-Fort yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viols-le-Fort | 1,229 | — | — | C | — | D− |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres | 2,696 | 3.5 | — | B− | — | A |
| Vailhauquès | 2,722 | 5.1 | — | C− | — | A |
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc | 10,472 | 6.2 | A | D | A+ | A |
| Montarnaud | 4,208 | 6.7 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Aniane | 2,979 | 7.1 | D | C | C+ | C |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière | 5,218 | 8.2 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Viols-le-Fort has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Viols-le-Fort is a commune of 1,229 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
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.