Villeneuve-lès-Avignon does the important things well, at a cost. Its strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results are strong: bac results 1.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2.5 points above the expected rate. What holds it back is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, that makes an A−, good for #2 of 60 in Gard. On that grade it does better than 80% of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
Each subject compares Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 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.
Palais des papes: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon costs more than in both Gard’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €3,590/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon: €3,833/m² for houses, €3,272/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €13.63/m² a month, above both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 64% houses, the rest apartments.
€3,590/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon€3,590/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,833/m²
314
Apartments
€3,272/m²
178
€13.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.97 to €16.94/m² a month)
10.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.58/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1995, and 25 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 10th century. Per 10,000 residents, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon counts 19 protected monuments, higher than both Gard’s towns (3) and compared French towns (2.5). Since 1995, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Homes from before 1919 make up 6% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth A
Deaths in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon run below what its ages would predict: 74 per 100 expected, fewer than in both Gard’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,405 deaths in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,681: 16% below. In Gard, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon can choose among 11 GPs.
−26%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon · 4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
3.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Urbain V
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bac results near Villeneuve-lès-Avignon run high: 97.3% passed, above Gard’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 94% of 258 candidates passed the bac pro. Near Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, 88.3% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with compared French towns (87.5%) and above Gard’s towns (85.0%). Ranked by results, schools here are #9 of 53 in Gard.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon hold a degree than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns: 52%
People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, higher than both Gard’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.7%.
51.9median age
Villeneuve-lès-AvignonGard medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP14%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education52%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Gard median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is better off than Gard’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €31,060 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stood at 9.8%, lower than Gard’s towns (11.9%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon number 3,400, against 5,250 residents in work (0.6 per worker). Public transport took 6.0% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
Public transport6%
On foot4%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter3%
3,400
jobs based in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, 0.6 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,060
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 75% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is lower than in 65% of compared French towns
Of the graded crimes in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, criminal damage came up most often (2025). In all, 211 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 13.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.8 (2023–2025 average).
4.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage66
Burglary43
Theft from vehicles30
Family violence29
Other physical violence17
Sexual violence14
Vehicle theft12
Fraud78
Theft without violence61
Drug use9
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.
4.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
211
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Ancienne chartreuse du Val-de-Bénédiction: Photo: Baldiri · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Notre-Dame: Photo: Vpe · Public domain · Tour dite de Philippe le Bel: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain
Famous people from Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
7 notable people were born in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Is Villeneuve-lès-Avignon safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #22 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 43 burglaries and 66 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon good?
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns and #9 of 53 in Gard. The lycée stands out: 99% of 417 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Vilar in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Villeneuve-lès-Avignon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villeneuve-lès-Avignon grades D for cost of living.
About Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is a commune of 13,148 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA). 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
13,148 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA)
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.
