Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has a population of 6,155.
With a C− overall, Oraison sits #11 of 15 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Nationally, it does better than 24% of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 6.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Oraison does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Oraison 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 Oraison as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Honorat, in Les Mées, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oraison.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
196 sales of houses and apartments in Oraison, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,592/m². Houses in Oraison sell for €2,660/m² and apartments for €2,337/m². Among the homes sold, 84% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,660/m² | 164 |
| Apartments | €2,337/m² | 32 |
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.
By results, schools here place #9 of 11 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The nearest general lycée is 8.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Docteur JMG ItardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 84 | 86%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Oraison records 97 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 891 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,061, 19% more. The nearest emergency department to Oraison is Centre hospitalier de Manosque Louis Raffalli, 8 mi away. 4 GPs practise in the town.
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.
15% are under 15, below both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 27% of adults. The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.2% of residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Oraison | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median and France median: the median of compared communes
Among the graded crimes in Oraison, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 115 offenses here in 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 vehicle theft, 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, 1.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
No commute at all: 3.0% of working residents in Oraison at the census. Median disposable income is €25,670 a year for each consumption unit. 10.3% of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (10.9%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Oraison. Best known first.
Nothing in Oraison is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Oraison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oraison | 6,155 | — | C− | C− | B+ | C |
| Villeneuve | 4,360 | 2.8 | C− | C− | B+ | B− |
| Volx | 3,243 | 4.6 | C | C− | A− | C |
| Valensole | 3,137 | 5.8 | C+ | C+ | B | B |
| Forcalquier | 5,222 | 7.5 | B | D | B | B |
| Les Mées | 4,099 | 8.3 | B− | B− | A | C |
| Peyruis | 2,798 | 8.4 | B | C+ | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #5 of 15 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #9 of 11 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,592/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Oraison grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Oraison is a commune of 6,155 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Durance-Lubéron-Verdon Agglomération. 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 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.