Bédoin has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bédoin 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bédoin.
Who lives here
Bédoin skews older, with 36% of residents 65 or over, more than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns
That puts Bédoin above both Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 12% of the population.
56.4median age
BédoinVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Bédoin’s ages would predict, 78 per 100 expected, under Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Bédoin comes below both Vaucluse’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 418 residents of Bédoin died, against 469 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Bédoin · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
9.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bédoin keeps more of its old housing than Vaucluse or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Bédoin, that is above both Vaucluse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Bédoin: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Bédoin is Chapelle de la Madeleine.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Bédoin are out of work than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.2%
Bédoin sits above both Vaucluse’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Bédoin has 800 jobs for 1,150 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot6%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
800
jobs based in Bédoin, 0.7 per working resident
14.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,410
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 51% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Bédoin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 23 offenses in the graded categories in Bédoin in 2025. For other physical violence, 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, 25.9% of the index here.
2.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary10
Criminal damage7
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence20
Fraud12
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.
2.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Monument commémoratif aux victimes de la Révolution, dit aussi la pyramide: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de la Madeleine: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bédoin
Is Bédoin safe?
Bédoin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
Is Bédoin expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.82/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Bédoin grades D for cost of living.
About Bédoin
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Bédoin is a commune of 3,106 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE). 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
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.
