Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,450 in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Mirabeau has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mirabeau 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 2 historic monuments in Mirabeau: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1928.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mirabeau.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Mirabeau sits below both Vaucluse’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B to A+.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Mirabeau above both Vaucluse’s towns (€2,616/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,084/m² | 59 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Mirabeau is above both Vaucluse’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Under-15s account for 21% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Mirabeau | Vaucluse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
In the comparison, Mirabeau comes above both Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140) and compared French towns (€25,970). 6.9% of the labour force are out of work. Mirabeau has 200 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Mirabeau, that is above both Vaucluse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mirabeau: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Mirabeau is Chapelle Sainte-Madeleine.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Mirabeau. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Mirabeau: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ancien pont suspendu de Mirabeau: Photo: Yelkrokoyade le 19 novembre 2005 à 18:21 sur fr:File:Mirabeau (Vaucluse) - Le Pont.JPG · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Sainte-Madeleine: Photo: Yelkrokoyade · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Mirabeau.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabeau | 1,450 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Jouques Bouches-du-Rhône | 4,547 | 5 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Peyrolles-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 5,409 | 5.5 | C− | D | C+ | A− |
| La Tour-d'Aigues | 4,405 | 5.6 | B+ | C− | A− | B− |
| Pertuis | 19,548 | 7.6 | B | D | C+ | A− |
| Vinon-sur-Verdon Var | 4,464 | 7.9 | C+ | C− | B− | B− |
| Sainte-Tulle Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 3,558 | 8.1 | C− | C | B | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mirabeau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 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 €12.46/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mirabeau grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Mirabeau is a commune of 1,450 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 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.
