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CaderousseVaucluse

A town of 2,493 in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Is Caderousse a good place to live?

Caderousse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,268/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Orange en Provence. Its strongest is schools (B+): bac results 3 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2.2 points below the expected rate.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

WeakestDHealth

How Caderousse grades

Each subject compares Caderousse 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 grading works

HealthDOpen →SchoolsBac results 3 points above the expected rateB+Open →Cost of livingC+Open →Walkability64% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workC+Open →Jobs & income10.1% unemploymentC+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Saint-Michel
Église Saint-Michel · Classé · Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain
Caderousse’s story

Caderousse in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Caderousse: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1905.

27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Joseph Baussan, born in 1789, is the one person born in Caderousse before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1905First protected: Église Saint-Michel
  • 2001Most recently protected: Digue d'enceinte de la ville
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caderousse.

HealthHealth D

Allowing for age and care homes, Caderousse sees more deaths than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 112 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Caderousse sits above both Vaucluse’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 377 residents of Caderousse died, against 279 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

+12%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw135
Adjusted112
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Caderousse · 2.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
4.5 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

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

Schools

More pass the bac at the lycées near Caderousse than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 100.0%

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

100.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Caderousse, above both Vaucluse’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

100%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Caderousse87.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Caderousse100.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean GionoNearest collègeCollègeCollège14272%−12 pts
Lycée Saint-Louis PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée110100%+3 pts
Collège Saint-Louis PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège19398%+5 pts
100%
passed the general and technological bac, +3 pts against the expected rate
87.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2.2 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Caderousse than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15

That puts Caderousse below both Vaucluse’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 27% of the town.

50.3median age
CaderousseVaucluse medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Caderousse
CaderousseVaucluse medianFrance median
Under 1515%17%17%
15–249.1%9.7%11%
25–4419%23%23%
45–6430%27%26%
65+27%23%22%
No diploma18%19%19%
CAP or BEP26%26%26%
Baccalauréat19%19%18%
Higher education32%30%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes

HousingCost of living C+

Renting in Caderousse costs less than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.84/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

On this, Caderousse is below both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,268/m², comes from 57 sales of houses and apartments in Caderousse from July 2023 to June 2026.

€2,268/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Caderousse€2,268/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€2,269/m²53
€10.84/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.87 to €13.24/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,700
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Pays d'Orange en Provence

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

History

Old homes shape Caderousse: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

In the comparison, Caderousse comes above both Vaucluse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Caderousse: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Caderousse is Église Saint-Michel.

3historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1905
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Caderousse is better off than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €27,380 a year per consumption unit

For Caderousse, that is above both Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140) and compared French towns (€25,970). Caderousse has 600 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.5 per worker.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
600
jobs based in Caderousse, 0.5 per working resident
10.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,380
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 41% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Rempart romain d'Orange and 2 more in and around Caderousse

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Caderousse. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Caderousse

15pages on Caderousse

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Caderousse: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Chapelle Saint-Martin: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Digue d'enceinte de la ville: Photo: GAllegre · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Caderousse

One notable person was born in Caderousse.

Their page →

Caderousse’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Vaucluse →
OrangeRoquemaureLaudun-l'ArdoiseSaint-Laurent-des-ArbresPiolencCourthézonOrangeRoquemaureLaudun-l'ArdoiseSaint-Laurent-des-ArbresPiolencCourthézonCaderousse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Caderousse2,493——C+—D
Orange29,7063.5C−CCC+
Roquemaure Gard5,5294.2CCC−C
Laudun-l'Ardoise Gard6,8354.3A−C+AB
Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres Gard2,9964.5B−CAC−
Piolenc5,7185.1CB−B+C+
Courthézon6,4266.5CCB+B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Caderousse

Is Caderousse safe?

Caderousse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Caderousse good?

They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 110 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Louis in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Caderousse expensive to live in?

Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,268/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Caderousse grades C+ for cost of living.

About Caderousse

Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Caderousse is a commune of 2,493 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Orange en 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

Population
2,493 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Pays d'Orange en Provence
Département
Vaucluse (84)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
12.5 sq mi (32.4 km²)
INSEE code
84027

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.