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A town of 3,853 in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Lapalud grades C overall: better than 31% of compared French towns, and #15 of 38 in Vaucluse. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 15.9% unemployment. At the median price of €1,926/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Rhône Lez Provence. Its strongest is safety (B+): an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Lapalud does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lapalud 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lapalud, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Wikidata records 5 people born in Lapalud before 1900, the earliest Joseph-Louis-Victor Jullien, in 1764.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lapalud.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Lapalud’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, above both Vaucluse’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 271 residents of Lapalud died, against 274 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 54 offenses in the graded categories in Lapalud in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, 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, 12.6% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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 Lapalud, that is above both Vaucluse’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). 19% of residents are 65 or over.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lapalud | Vaucluse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lapalud, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Lapalud sits above both Vaucluse’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €23,790 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Lapalud below both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,926/m², comes from 101 sales of houses and apartments in Lapalud from July 2023 to June 2026. Lapalud is the second cheapest of the 47 towns in Vaucluse, at €1,926/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,209/m² | 78 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Lapalud. Best known first.
Lapalud has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0
5 notable people were born in Lapalud.
Rodolphe Julian: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Thomas Prosper Jullien: Ljullien, Public domain · Joseph-Louis-Victor Jullien: Ljullien, Public domain · Frédéric Granier: Unknown 1851, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapalud | 3,853 | — | C | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Bollène | 14,024 | 3.3 | D | C+ | C− | B− |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit Gard | 10,958 | 4.3 | B− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Pierrelatte Drôme | 13,756 | 4.6 | C+ | B− | C | B− |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Drôme | 8,981 | 4.8 | B+ | C+ | B− | B |
| Mondragon | 3,833 | 5 | D | C+ | B | C+ |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol Ardèche | 7,661 | 5.2 | B− | B+ | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #13 of 38 in Vaucluse.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,926/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Lapalud grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Lapalud is a commune of 3,853 people in the Communauté de communes Rhône Lez 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
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.