La Tour-d'Aigues does the important things well, at a cost. With a B+ overall, La Tour-d'Aigues is better than 73% of compared French towns and ranks #1 of 38 in Vaucluse. Its best grade is for safety — an average of 6.6 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Households here earn well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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 La Tour-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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Tour-d'Aigues.
HousingCost of living C−
Median price in La Tour-d'Aigues: €2,790/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In La Tour-d'Aigues, houses go for €2,840/m² and apartments for €2,588/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.13/m² a month, above both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 65% of sales, apartments for the rest.
€2,790/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
La Tour-d'Aigues€2,790/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,840/m²
79
Apartments
€2,588/m²
42
€13.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.64 to €16.21/m² a month)
7.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,020
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud Luberon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
La Tour-d'Aigues sees less crime per resident than 75% of compared French towns
Over 2025, La Tour-d'Aigues logged 64 recorded offenses. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
6.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Other physical violence15
Family violence14
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud29
Theft without violence13
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.
6.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
64
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.9%
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 · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 7.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
La Tour-d'Aigues has lower unemployment than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 8.3%
The median disposable income was €27,320 a year per consumption unit, above both Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 13.8% of commuters got to work without a car.
14%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot6%
Public transport5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,400
jobs based in La Tour-d'Aigues, 0.7 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
89.4% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 3.6 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near La Tour-d'Aigues, 96.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Vaucluse’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #6 of 36 in Vaucluse. At the general lycée, 98% of 333 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
98%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
La Tour-d'Aigues keeps more of its old housing than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Houses and mansions, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in La Tour-d'Aigues is Église Notre-Dame de Romégas. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century. This Vaucluse town has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in La Tour-d'Aigues than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: 40% of adults
People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, above both Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits La Tour-d'Aigues in two is 48. 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
48median age
La Tour-d'AiguesVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 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
HealthHealth B−
La Tour-d'Aigues’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Vaucluse can expect 85.7 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Its two care homes for older people (135 places) count their residents as La Tour-d'Aigues’; allowing for them, deaths were 13% below expected. 626 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 562: 11% above.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in La Tour-d'Aigues · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi site de Pertuis
3.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi site de Pertuis
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Victor d'Hupay: Wisi eu, Public domain · Louis Rouffe: I, Beebuk, scanned photo from Severin book; photo is by an anonymous photographer., Public domain
La Tour-d'Aigues’ 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 La Tour-d'Aigues
Is La Tour-d'Aigues safe?
It grades A− for safety, #10 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in La Tour-d'Aigues good?
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns and #6 of 36 in Vaucluse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is La Tour-d'Aigues expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so La Tour-d'Aigues grades C− for cost of living.
About La Tour-d'Aigues
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Tour-d'Aigues is a commune of 4,405 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
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.
