Morières-lès-Avignon’s lowest grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its overall D puts it #34 of 38 in Vaucluse. That leaves it better than just over a tenth of compared French towns. Schools are weaker too — bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 1.9 points below the expected rate. Fewer journeys need a car: 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Morières-lès-Avignon 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.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Morières-lès-Avignon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Morières-lès-Avignon’s story
1 historic monument, 1 classé
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Morières-lès-Avignon: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 2011.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Agricol Perdiguier, born in 1805, is the one person born in Morières-lès-Avignon before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Morières-lès-Avignon.
HousingCost of living D
The median sale price of homes in Morières-lès-Avignon is €2,823/m²
€2,823/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Morières-lès-Avignon sell for €2,683/m², houses for €2,866/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.08/m² a month, higher than both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 260 houses and apartments.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Morières-lès-Avignon€2,823/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,866/m²
187
Apartments
€2,683/m²
73
€13.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.01 to €15.54/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Bac results near Morières-lès-Avignon run low: 88.0% passed, below Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
90%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 84% of 190 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km. Near Morières-lès-Avignon, 81.1% of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than both Vaucluse’s towns (83.5%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Its collèges and lycées rank #30 of 36 in Vaucluse on results.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Morières-lès-Avignon has 0.6 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
8%walk, cycle or take transit
Bus, tram or train carried 3.0% of working residents in Morières-lès-Avignon to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,240 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140). At the census, 2.9% of working residents in Morières-lès-Avignon didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,150
jobs based in Morières-lès-Avignon, 0.6 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,240
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Morières-lès-Avignon’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 61% of compared French towns
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Morières-lès-Avignon has 11 family doctors. Its care home for older people (80 places) counts its residents as Morières-lès-Avignon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. 883 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, close to the 884 that France’s rates at each age predict. In Vaucluse, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw100
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Morières-lès-Avignon · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Urbain V
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 3.7% of the total. Among the classé monuments in Morières-lès-Avignon is Domaine de Rodolphe. Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
More people in Morières-lès-Avignon hold a degree than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 34%
46median age
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, above Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The median resident of Morières-lès-Avignon is 46 years old. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%.
Morières-lès-AvignonVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education34%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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
Safety
Per resident, Morières-lès-Avignon sees more crime than 53% of compared French towns
5.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Violence against people averaged 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 16.3. For 2025, the figures show 195 offenses in Morières-lès-Avignon. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in the town.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage44
Burglary41
Theft from vehicles31
Family violence27
Other physical violence23
Vehicle theft15
Sexual violence14
Fraud62
Theft without violence56
Drug use23
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.
5.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
195
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Agricol Perdiguier: Inconnu XIXe siècle, Public domain
About Morières-lès-Avignon
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Morières-lès-Avignon is a commune of 9,019 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA). 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
9,019 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA)
Département
Vaucluse (84)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
4 sq mi (10.4 km²)
INSEE code
84081
Morières-lès-Avignon’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 Morières-lès-Avignon
Is Morières-lès-Avignon safe?
It grades B− for safety, #23 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 41 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Morières-lès-Avignon good?
They grade D, better than 14% of compared French towns and #30 of 36 in Vaucluse. 90% of 359 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent René Char in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Morières-lès-Avignon expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Morières-lès-Avignon 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.
