Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue earns a C: better than a third of compared French towns, and #12 of 38 in Vaucluse. Where it does best is walkability: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 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.
On the Culture ministry’s list, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue counts 19 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 16 inscrit at the second.
That’s 9.4 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 84% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1911.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2020.
On the Culture ministry’s list, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue counts 19 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 16 inscrit at the second.
La Tour d'Argent: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hôtel-Dieu (ancien): Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Andéol: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancien cinéma: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
HousingCost of living D
A home in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue sells for €3,670/m², more than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns
€3,670/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.76/m² a month, higher than both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue goes for €3,814/m², an apartment for €3,500/m². Among the homes sold, 60% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue€3,670/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,814/m²
489
Apartments
€3,500/m²
326
€13.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.80 to €17.54/m² a month)
9.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,370
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
19 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 2020
19historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue counts 9.4 protected monuments, above Vaucluse’s towns (5.3) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Since 2020, a site patrimonial remarquable has protected part of the town. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in the town is La Tour d'Argent.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up only 15% of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, fewer than in Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
49.1median age
27% of residents are 65 or over, above both Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue by age and the one in the middle is 49.1. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of residents.
L'Isle-sur-la-SorgueVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More people in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue are out of work than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.6%
13%walk, cycle or take transit
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue holds 7,450 jobs; 7,800 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. 13.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with compared French towns (13.4%) and above Vaucluse’s towns (8.0%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €25,550 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
7,450
jobs based in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 1 per working resident
15.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 66% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
91.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.4 points above the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #8 of 36 in Vaucluse. Near L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 93.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with both Vaucluse’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the general lycée, 96% of 250 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue sees fewer deaths than 52% of compared French towns
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its three care homes for older people (320 places) count their residents as L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue’s; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 2,356 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 2,342, 1% fewer. In Vaucluse, women can expect to live 85.7 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue can choose among 17 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
17
GPs in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi de Cavaillon Lauris
5.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi de Cavaillon Lauris
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Per resident, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue sees less crime than 51% of compared French towns
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Violence against people averaged 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.5. In 2025, 455 offenses were recorded in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage145
Burglary66
Family violence65
Other physical violence63
Sexual violence42
Vehicle theft42
Theft from vehicles32
Theft without violence164
Fraud147
Drug use120
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
455
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
René Char: Habitant de Céreste anonyme 1941, Public domain · Esprit-Joseph Brun: Rvalette, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jean-Pierre Roux: Michaud, Fernand (1929-2012). Photographe, Public domain · Jean-Marie Fage: Lhfage, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jeanne Vicérial: Pmau, CC BY-SA 4.0
About L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a commune of 20,244 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse. 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
20,244 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse
Département
Vaucluse (84)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
17.2 sq mi (44.6 km²)
INSEE code
84054
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue’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 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Is L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue safe?
It grades B− for safety, #22 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 66 burglaries and 145 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue good?
They grade B, better than 57% of compared French towns and #8 of 36 in Vaucluse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue grades D for cost of living.
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.
