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A town of 1,438 in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
La Motte-d'Aigues’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on jobs & income (C−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 11.1% unemployment. Homes go for a median €3,745/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023. La Motte-d'Aigues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things La Motte-d'Aigues does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Motte-d'Aigues 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.
La Motte-d'Aigues has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Motte-d'Aigues as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame de Romégas, in La Tour-d'Aigues, 3.6 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Motte-d'Aigues.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 83% houses, the rest apartments. 60 houses and apartments changed hands in La Motte-d'Aigues from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €11.78/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,862/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
La Motte-d'Aigues has one family doctor. Average lifespans in Vaucluse: 85.7 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 102 residents of La Motte-d'Aigues died, against 130 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% fewer.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
At the census, 4.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Vaucluse’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 11.1%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.5% of the town. The age that splits La Motte-d'Aigues in two is 48.7.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Motte-d'Aigues | Vaucluse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Motte-d'Aigues is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Motte-d'Aigues as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Motte-d'Aigues | 1,438 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| La Tour-d'Aigues | 4,405 | 3.5 | B+ | C− | A− | B− |
| Pertuis | 19,548 | 5.6 | B | D | C+ | A− |
| Villelaure | 3,398 | 6.2 | — | D | — | C+ |
| Cadenet | 4,363 | 7.9 | C | C− | B− | C− |
| Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade Bouches-du-Rhône | 5,935 | 9.2 | B | D− | B | B |
| Meyrargues Bouches-du-Rhône | 3,847 | 9.5 | C− | D | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
La Motte-d'Aigues has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 12.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.91/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Motte-d'Aigues grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Motte-d'Aigues is a commune of 1,438 people in the Communauté de communes Sud 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 November 4, 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.