Sault has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. At the median price of €2,120/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Ventoux Sud. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Sault 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Sault’s ages would predict, 82 per 100 expected, under Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Sault below both Vaucluse’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw103
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Sault · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Avignon Antenne Smur site Ch D Apt
18.9 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
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Sault: 29% were built before 1919, more than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
In the comparison, Sault comes above both Vaucluse’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sault: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Sault is Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-la-Tour, appelée aussi église du Saint-Sauveur.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sault than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.93/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Sault, that is below both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,120/m², comes from 48 sales of houses and apartments in Sault from July 2023 to June 2026.
€2,120/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sault€2,120/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,213/m²
41
€9.93/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.04 to €12.25/m² a month)
6.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Ventoux Sud
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sault
Is Sault safe?
Sault has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 16.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Sault expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,120/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sault grades B− for cost of living.
About Sault
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sault is a commune of 1,343 people in the Communauté de communes Ventoux Sud. 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.
