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Some 3,035 people live in this town, in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Gargas’s strongest is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is weaker too: 23% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Over-65s are 32% of the population.
Gargas has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Gargas does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gargas 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.
Gargas has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gargas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Faïencerie Esbérard (ancienne), in Apt, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Gargas. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Sainte-Anne d'Apt4.3 km southeast, in AptAttractionAttractionMines de Bruouxin townFortFortRemparts d'Apt4.4 km southeast, in AptMuseumMuseumMusée de l'Aventure industrielle4.4 km southeast, in AptFortFortTour de l'Horloge4.3 km southeast, in AptPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gargas.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,955/m²: 91 houses and apartments sold in Gargas between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,955/m² | 91 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Gargas holds 600 jobs; 1,100 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. At the census, 3.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Vaucluse’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Median disposable income comes to €24,960 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
286 deaths in Gargas between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 346: 17% below. At birth, a girl in Vaucluse can expect 85.7 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 3 GPs practise here.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
14% are under 15, below both Vaucluse’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 7.8% of residents. Ages in Gargas split evenly at 54.8: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Gargas | Vaucluse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #13 of 36 in Vaucluse. Collège pupils travel 2.8 mi to the nearest one. The bac pass rate near Gargas is 92.0%, in line with Vaucluse’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jeanne d'Arc PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 52 | 98%+9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Charles de GaulleNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 162 | 93%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Gargas, burglary came up most often (2025). Recorded offenses locally came to 27 in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.8.
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 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, 28.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Gargas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gargas yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargas | 3,035 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Apt | 10,143 | 2.5 | D | C | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt | 3,004 | 2.7 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Lauris | 3,921 | 10 | C+ | D− | A+ | C |
| Cadenet | 4,363 | 11 | C | C− | B− | C− |
| Robion | 4,816 | 13 | C+ | D | A+ | B |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron Bouches-du-Rhône | 5,459 | 13 | B+ | D | B | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gargas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #13 of 36 in Vaucluse. 93% of 162 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Charles de Gaulle in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,955/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Gargas grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Gargas is a commune of 3,035 people in the Communauté de communes Pays d'Apt-Luberon. 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.