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VallabrèguesGard

In Gard, Occitanie, this town has 1,375 residents.

Is Vallabrègues a good place to live?

Vallabrègues’s strongest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Pupils here do less well than most: bac results 5 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. At the median price of €2,189/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence.

Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Vallabrègues 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.

How Vallabrègues grades

Each subject compares Vallabrègues 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 grading works

Vallabrègues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Jobs & income10.1% unemploymentDOpen →SchoolsBrevet results at the expected rateDOpen →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesAOpen →Cost of livingHomes are harder to afford than in most townsC−Open →WalkabilityAhead of most towns comparedBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Vallabrègues’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Vallabrègues’ story

No historic monuments in Vallabrègues

The Culture ministry lists no building in Vallabrègues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Site archéologique de Saint-Roman d'Aiguille (également sur commune de Comps), in Beaucaire, 1.6 mi away.

34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vallabrègues.

Schools

Bac results near Vallabrègues run low: 74.0% passed, below Gard’s towns and compared French towns

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

General-bac pupils go 3.9 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.6 mi away.

78.0%passed the brevetDSchool Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Vallabrègues78.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Vallabrègues74.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège privé Institut Emmanuel d'Alzon - site de Beaucaire Notre-Dame PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège4998%+10 pts
Lycée professionnel Paul LangevinNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée7074%−5 pts

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74%
passed the vocational bac, −5 pts against the expected rate
78.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −0.3 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth A

Vallabrègues loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 73 per 100 expected, below Gard’s towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

The nearest emergency department to Vallabrègues is Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut, 9.9 mi away. 100 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 138: 27% below. Life expectancy in Gard: 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises locally.

−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw73
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Vallabrègues · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
9.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.

HousingCost of living C−

Vallabrègues gets a C− for cost of living

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

50 sales of houses and apartments in Vallabrègues, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,189/m². Among the homes sold, 92% were houses. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.58/m² a month, lower than both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€2,189/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Vallabrègues€2,189/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,189/m²46
€11.58/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.43 to €14.22/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Fewer commuters in Vallabrègues walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 6.0%

No commute at all: 4.6% of working residents in Vallabrègues at the census. 10.1% of the labour force are out of work. The median disposable income is €25,480 a year per consumption unit.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Vallabrègues, 0.3 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 62% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Vallabrègues has fewer young adults than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 make up 16%, in line with Gard’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Vallabrègues is 47.5. Among adults, 30% have a degree.

47.5median age
VallabrèguesGard medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vallabrègues
VallabrèguesGard medianFrance median
Under 1516%17%17%
15–247.7%9.5%11%
25–4423%21%23%
45–6429%27%26%
65+23%24%22%
No diploma15%20%19%
CAP or BEP29%26%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education30%27%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes

Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Saint-Roman and 6 more in and around Vallabrègues

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Vallabrègues. Best known first.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Vallabrègues

15pages on Vallabrègues

Landmarks

Nothing in Vallabrègues is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Vallabrègues

One notable person was born in Vallabrègues.

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Vallabrègues’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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MontfrinBeaucaireTarasconAramonJonquières-Saint-VincentMeynesMontfrinBeaucaireTarasconAramonJonquières-Saint-VincentMeynesVallabrègues
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vallabrègues1,375——C−—A
Montfrin3,1222.5B−C+BB+
Beaucaire15,6923.1C−B−C−C−
Tarascon Bouches-du-Rhône15,3963.7C−CCC
Aramon4,0813.9CC+BB−
Jonquières-Saint-Vincent3,8753.9CC−AC+
Meynes2,5973.9—C+—B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Vallabrègues

Is Vallabrègues safe?

Vallabrègues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 10.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Vallabrègues good?

They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns. At the four collèges (Collège privé Institut Emmanuel d'Alzon - site de Beaucaire Notre-Dame, Collège René Cassin, Collège Eugène Vigne and Collège Elsa Triolet), 78.0% passed the brevet, at the expected rate. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Vallabrègues expensive to live in?

Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,189/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vallabrègues grades C− for cost of living.

About Vallabrègues

Commune in Gard, Occitanie

Vallabrègues is a commune of 1,375 people in the Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence. 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

Population
1,375 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence
Département
Gard (30)
Région
Occitanie
Area
5.5 sq mi (14.3 km²)
INSEE code
30336

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 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.