Piolenc grades C overall: better than 28% of compared French towns, and #17 of 38 in Vaucluse. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 11.1% unemployment. At the median price of €2,574/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 Aygues-Ouvèze en Provence (CCAOP). Its strongest is safety (B+): an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 11 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.
Each subject compares Piolenc 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 Piolenc.
Schools
Brevet results near Piolenc run low: 67.0% passed, below Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Piolenc, 95.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Vaucluse’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 3 mi away. On school results, the town ranks #27 of 36 in Vaucluse.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Piolenc sees less crime than 71% of compared French towns
Piolenc’s tally for 2025: 84 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
6.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage34
Family violence22
Burglary14
Other physical violence8
Theft from vehicles6
Fraud50
Theft without violence26
Drug use21
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
11
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
84
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.9%
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 · When sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Fewer commuters in Piolenc walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 5.7%
Unemployment stood at 11.1%, near Vaucluse’s towns (11.1%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Piolenc didn’t travel to work at all. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €25,170 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,050
jobs based in Piolenc, 0.4 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,170
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 38% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Piolenc: 2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 11th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.2% of the total, lower than Vaucluse’s towns (11%) yet higher than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Piolenc has a higher adjusted death rate than 56% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Piolenc has 3 family doctors. Its care home for older people (40 places) counts its residents as Piolenc’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 511 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 496, 3% fewer. Also worth knowing: women in Vaucluse live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw97
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Piolenc · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Giorgi D Orange
3.7 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
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Piolenc than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.79/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,574/m², comes from 183 sales of houses and apartments in Piolenc from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €10.64/m² a month. Houses made up 85% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€2,574/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Piolenc€2,574/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,688/m²
155
€10.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.84 to €13.18/m² a month)
6.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,060
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Aygues-Ouvèze en Provence (CCAOP)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 19% of Piolenc, above Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
26% of adults hold a degree, below both Vaucluse’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Aged 15 to 24: 9% of residents. Piolenc has a median age of 43.2 years.
43.2median age
PiolencVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma19%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Jean-Louis Trintignant: Reporters Associati & Archivi / Mondadori, Public domain · Pierre Grillet: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0 · André-Philippe Corsin: ChrisGK78, CC BY-SA 4.0
Piolenc’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 Piolenc
Is Piolenc safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #13 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Piolenc good?
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #27 of 36 in Vaucluse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Piolenc 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 €2,574/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Piolenc grades B− for cost of living.
About Piolenc
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Piolenc is a commune of 5,718 people in the Communauté de communes Aygues-Ouvèze en Provence (CCAOP). 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
5,718 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Aygues-Ouvèze en Provence (CCAOP)
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.
