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A town in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, home to 585 people.
There are no grades for Puyméras: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. 29% of its homes are second homes. It skews older: 30% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Puyméras does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Puyméras as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Thermes gallo-romains du Nord (vestiges), in Vaison-la-Romaine, 3.5 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Puyméras.
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, above Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Puyméras has a median age of 53.7 years. Nearly a third of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Puyméras | Vaucluse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Puyméras: 200, for 250 residents in work (0.9 each). The median disposable income was €24,400 a year per consumption unit, close to Vaucluse’s towns (€25,140) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 8.4% of working residents in the town at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Puyméras, 99.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Vaucluse’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph d'ArbaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 144 | 88%−3 pts |
| Lycée Stéphane HesselNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 108 | 99%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Puyméras from July 2023 to June 2026: 15 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 93% were houses.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Puyméras is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Puyméras yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Puyméras is a commune of 585 people in the Communauté de communes Vaison Ventoux. 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) · 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 November 4, 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.