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The town has 1,174 residents and lies in Lozère, Occitanie.
Homes are affordable (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car: 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Montrodat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Montrodat 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.
Montrodat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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Montrodat has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Montrodat.
At the census, 4.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Lozère’s towns (19.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 6.2%. Per resident in work, Montrodat counts 0.9 jobs (400 jobs, 450 workers). Households’ median disposable income: €26,670 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
20 houses and apartments changed hands in Montrodat from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €7.21/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Lozère, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.2 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 81 deaths in Montrodat between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 76: 6% above. The nearest emergency department to Montrodat is Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende, 8.3 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 7.7 mi away. Collège pupils travel 1.8 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel PierrelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 44 | 86%−8 pts |
| Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 37 | 100% |
| Collège privé Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 51 | 98%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Montrodat has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, lower than Lozère’s towns (15%) yet higher than compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Montrodat | Lozère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 15% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lozère median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Montrodat was other physical violence (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 2.7 cases of violence against people and 3.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% of the index here.
Heritage in and near Montrodat. Best known first.
Montrodat has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Site mégalithique du plateau de Poujoulet: Photo: Jmp48 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Montrodat as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrodat | 1,174 | — | — | A | — | D |
| Marvejols | 4,764 | 1.9 | A | A− | B+ | B |
| Mende | 12,464 | 8.4 | A | B+ | B | B+ |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher | 3,955 | 17 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Montrodat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. 100% of 37 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Lozère, Occitanie
Montrodat is a commune of 1,174 people in the Communauté de communes du Gévaudan. 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 November 4, 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.