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Home to 1,084 people, this town lies in Aube, Grand Est.
Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes’s strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 41% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability. Homes sell for a median €1,520/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes 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 Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes 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.
Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Loup, in Chappes, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
102 deaths in Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 120: 15% below. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes is Centre hospitalier de Troyes, 10 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners locally. In Aube, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 30 homes in Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, near Aube’s towns (17%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents. Graduates make up a fifth of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes | Aube median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
For its 400 residents in work, Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes has 300 jobs: 0.7 each. Of those in the labour force, 9.3% are unemployed. Also worth knowing: 3.0% of Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes yet.
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes is a commune of 1,084 people in the Communauté de communes du Barséquanais en Champagne. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes | 1,084 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Bréviandes | 3,219 | 8.1 | C+ | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Bar-sur-Seine | 2,858 | 8.4 | C− | A+ | C− | D− |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas | 6,760 | 9 | C− | C | C+ | B− |
| Rosières-près-Troyes | 4,840 | 9.3 | C+ | C− | B− | A− |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres | 3,223 | 9.9 | C | C | C− | B− |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers | 12,806 | 11 | C | C | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes grades A 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 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.