Sarrians grades B− overall: better than 51% of compared French towns, and #6 of 38 in Vaucluse. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A−): an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.8 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 Sarrians 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 Sarrians.
Safety
Crime per resident in Sarrians runs lower than in 81% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 73 offenses in the graded categories in Sarrians in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Sarrians, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, 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, 9.7% of the index here.
3.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage37
Burglary17
Family violence13
Vehicle theft6
Fraud36
Drug use34
Theft without violence24
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.
3.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
73
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
9.7%
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
HousingCost of living C
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sarrians than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.86/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Sarrians, that is below both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,571/m², comes from 129 sales of houses and apartments in Sarrians from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,571/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sarrians€2,571/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,581/m²
122
€10.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.78 to €13.45/m² a month)
7.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,710
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
3 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Sarrians, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Sarrians has 0.7 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
6.5% of Sarrians’ working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 88% drove.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,750
jobs based in Sarrians, 0.7 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 43% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Sarrians’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 588 residents of Sarrians died, against 611 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Sarrians’; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. 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.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw96
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Sarrians · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
4.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Carpentras
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 Sarrians
Is Sarrians safe?
It grades A− for safety, #9 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
Is Sarrians 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 €2,571/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sarrians grades C for cost of living.
About Sarrians
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sarrians is a commune of 5,792 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE). 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.
