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A town in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, home to 3,214 people.
Good on most counts; one lags. Where it does best is walkability (A) — 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. A 70 m² home at the median €1,633/m² costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Buëch-Dévoluy. The local economy is weaker than most: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 10.5% unemployment. Overall, that makes a B+, good for #1 of 6 in Hautes-Alpes. That leaves it better than 73% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Veynes 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 3 things Veynes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Veynes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Montmaur, in Montmaur, 3.4 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Veynes 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 Veynes.
At the census, 22.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, near Hautes-Alpes’ towns (23.1%) and higher than compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €22,950 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. 14% are under 15, close to Hautes-Alpes’ towns (15%) and below compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Alpes 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Veynes | Hautes-Alpes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 9% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Alpes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Hautes-Alpes: 86.1 years for women and 80.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 559 deaths in Veynes from 2016 to 2025; there were 511, 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Veynes is Chi des Alpes du Sud site de Gap, 12.3 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Veynes can choose among 4 GPs.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #5 of 6 in Hautes-Alpes. At the lycées within 5 km of Veynes, 89.0% passed the bac, lower than both Hautes-Alpes’ towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MitterrandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 91%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Pierre Mendès-FranceNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 73 | 89%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Veynes is the cheapest of the 7 towns in Hautes-Alpes: its median sale is €1,633/m². 132 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,633/m². Apartments in Veynes sell for €1,329/m², houses for €1,903/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,903/m² | 64 |
| Apartments | €1,329/m² | 68 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On the Safety Grade, Veynes ranks 3rd of the 6 compared towns in Hautes-Alpes. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 10.5 cases of violence against people and 12 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Jobs outnumber working residents in Veynes (1,350 to 1,100): it draws people in from around. The police record for Veynes lists 84 offenses 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 sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 6.5% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
7 notable people were born in Veynes.
Commune in Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Veynes is a commune of 3,214 people in the Communauté de communes Buëch-Dévoluy. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veynes | 3,214 | — | B+ | C+ | B− | A− |
| Gap | 41,293 | 12 | B+ | C | C | A− |
| Laragne-Montéglin | 3,549 | 15 | C− | B+ | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #3 of 6 in Hautes-Alpes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,633/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.56/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Veynes grades C+ 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.