Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,206 people live in this town in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon ranks #16 of 38 in Vaucluse, with a C overall. It comes out better than 29% of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Fewer journeys need a car: just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Saint-Saturnin-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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine de Rodolphe, in Morières-lès-Avignon, 2.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,818/m²: 145 houses and apartments sold in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon sell for €3,081/m² and apartments for €2,657/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,081/m² | 100 |
| Apartments | €2,657/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
83.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon, near Vaucluse’s towns (83.5%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 3.9 mi away. By results, schools here place #28 of 36 in Vaucluse.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Lou VignaresNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 180 | 84%−8 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Domaine d'EguillesNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 128 | 78%−5 pts |
| Collège Marie Rivier PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 121 | 98%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stood at 9.4%, below both Vaucluse’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon number 900, against 2,300 residents in work (0.4 per worker). At the census, 8.1% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon is Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut, 6.8 mi away. 525 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, close to the 525 that France’s rates at each age predict. Life expectancy in Vaucluse: 85.7 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 5 general practitioners locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Violence against people ran at 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.2 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon show 70 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (7.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon has a median age of 47.4 years. 16% are under 15, in line with Vaucluse’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 10% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon | Vaucluse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Thouzon4.7 km east, in Le ThorMuseumMuseumMusée Pierre Salinger4.5 km southeast, in Le ThorArchaeological siteArchaeological siteGrotte de Thouzon4.8 km east, in Le ThorArt galleryArt galleryEspace du Lavoir3.1 km northwest, in VedèneAttractionAttractionLabyrinthe végétal4.4 km north, in Entraigues-sur-la-SorguePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon | 5,206 | — | C | D | B | B |
| Vedène | 11,974 | 1.7 | C− | D | B− | A− |
| Morières-lès-Avignon | 9,019 | 1.8 | D | D | B− | C+ |
| Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne | 3,565 | 2.2 | — | C− | — | B− |
| Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue | 8,913 | 3 | C− | D | B | B− |
| Le Pontet | 18,386 | 3.4 | C− | C | D | B− |
| Althen-des-Paluds | 2,960 | 3.4 | — | D | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #19 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 34 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns and #28 of 36 in Vaucluse. At the four collèges (Collège Lou Vignares, Collège Anne Frank, Collège Alphonse Tavan and Collège Marie Rivier), 83.6% passed the brevet, 2.8 points below the expected rate. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,818/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon is a commune of 5,206 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
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 November 9, 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.