Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,332 in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Vourles grades B− overall: better than 47% of compared French towns, and #71 of 107 in Rhône. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.5 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Vourles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vourles 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vourles: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 2004.
Heritage, other places to visit and family days out in and near Vourles. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vourles.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Vourles is below both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 275 residents of Vourles died, against 316 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Vourles comes above both Rhône’s towns (€3,666/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,577/m² | 48 |
| Apartments | €4,607/m² | 44 |
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.
90.2% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Vourles, below both Rhône’s towns (92.5%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis Querbes PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 100%+4 pts |
| Lycée René DescartesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 477 | 94%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Vourles, that is above both Rhône’s towns (€30,220) and compared French towns (€25,970). 6.0% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 54 offenses in the graded categories in Vourles in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence and sexual violence, 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, 6.1% of the index here. With 2,250 jobs for 1,500 working residents, Vourles draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vourles: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Vourles sits above both Rhône’s towns (41%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.4% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Vourles | Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 53% | 41% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Vourles has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison forte: Photo: PHILDIC · Public domain
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Vourles 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 →
It grades C for safety, #71 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #101 of 115 in Rhône. 94% of 477 candidates passed the bac at Lycée René Descartes in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €16.49/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Vourles grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vourles is a commune of 3,332 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Garon (CCVG). 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 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.