Bollène grades D overall: better than 8% of compared French towns, and #36 of 38 in Vaucluse. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results a point below the expected rate; brevet results 4 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,111/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Rhône Lez Provence.
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 Bollène 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Bollène than in Vaucluse or compared French towns: 11 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Bollène, that is above both Vaucluse’s towns (5.3) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 15 historic monuments in Bollène: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 10 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Bollène is Église Saint-Martin.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Bollène runs higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 415 offenses in the graded categories in Bollène in 2025. Violence against people ran at 12 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 17 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.3% of the index here.
12recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage139
Family violence98
Other physical violence64
Burglary37
Theft from vehicles35
Vehicle theft22
Sexual violence20
Drug use128
Theft without violence123
Fraud99
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.
12
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
415
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
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bollène than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.45/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Bollène below both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,111/m², comes from 437 sales of houses and apartments in Bollène from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses in Bollène sell for €2,258/m² and apartments for €1,188/m².
€2,111/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bollène€2,111/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,258/m²
343
Apartments
€1,188/m²
94
€10.45/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.04 to €13.58/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,120
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Rhône Lez Provence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Bollène’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 1,467 residents of Bollène died, against 1,518 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. Its two care homes for older people (183 places) count their residents as Bollène’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Bollène · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
10.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Bollène has higher unemployment than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 15.3%
On this, Bollène is above both Vaucluse’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bollène has 5,650 jobs for 4,750 working residents, 1.2 per worker. The median disposable income is €21,880 a year per consumption unit.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot5%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,650
jobs based in Bollène, 1.2 per working resident
15.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,880
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Iguanebobo · Public domain · Maison dite Maison Cardinale: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel d'Alauzier: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour de Bauzon et chapelle Saint-Blaise (ensemble): Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0
François Chaslin: Marlis Decker, CC BY 3.0 · Henri Auguste Pélegrin: Iguanebobo, Public domain · Victorien Bastet: Wayne77, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louis François de Faucher: Iguanebobo, Public domain
Bollène’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bollène
Is Bollène safe?
It grades C− for safety, #32 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 37 burglaries and 139 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bollène good?
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #31 of 36 in Vaucluse. 93% of 219 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Lucie Aubrac in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bollène expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,111/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bollène grades C+ for cost of living.
About Bollène
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Bollène is a commune of 14,024 people in the Communauté de communes Rhône Lez Provence. 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.
