Mornas grades D− overall: better than 2% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety (D−): an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 79.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,295/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Rhône Lez Provence.
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 Mornas 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 Mornas.
Safety
Crime per resident in Mornas runs higher than in 100% of compared French towns
Mornas ranks last of the 38 compared towns in Vaucluse on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie recorded 204 offenses in the graded categories in Mornas in 2025. For sexual violence, armed robbery 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, 3.3% of the index here.
6.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearD−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles150
Criminal damage24
Family violence13
Burglary9
Other physical violence8
Theft without violence42
Drug use21
Fraud14
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.
6.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
79.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
204
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.3%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
On foot, Mornas works less well than 91% of compared French towns
3.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Vaucluse’s towns (8.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Mornas has 400 jobs for 1,100 working residents, 0.4 per worker.
3%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving93%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
400
jobs based in Mornas, 0.4 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 9% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C+
Renting in Mornas costs less than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.02/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Mornas below both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,295/m², comes from 79 sales of houses and apartments in Mornas from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,295/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mornas€2,295/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,373/m²
72
€10.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.20 to €12.25/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,120
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Rhône Lez Provence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Mornas keeps more of its old housing than Vaucluse or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Mornas is above both Vaucluse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Mornas: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Mornas’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 183 residents of Mornas died, against 206 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Mornas · 1.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
5.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mornas
Is Mornas safe?
It grades D− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
Is Mornas expensive to live in?
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,295/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Mornas grades C+ for cost of living.
About Mornas
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Mornas is a commune of 2,569 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
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.
