Sorgues grades D overall: better than 6% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 14.4% unemployment. At the median price of €2,226/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération des Sorgues du Comtat. Its strongest is walkability (B): 80% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Sorgues 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 Sorgues.
Safety
Crime per resident in Sorgues runs higher than in 78% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 488 offenses in the graded categories in Sorgues in 2025. Violence against people ran at 9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 20.1 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here.
9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage170
Family violence80
Other physical violence66
Theft from vehicles64
Burglary50
Sexual violence33
Vehicle theft25
Drug use154
Theft without violence141
Fraud114
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.
9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
488
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Sorgues’ death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 73% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Sorgues’ deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above both Vaucluse’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,751 residents of Sorgues died, against 1,621 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
14
GPs in Sorgues · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique Urbain V
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,226/m², comes from 536 sales of houses and apartments in Sorgues from July 2023 to June 2026. In Sorgues, houses go for €2,726/m² and apartments for €1,634/m².
€2,226/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Sorgues€2,226/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,726/m²
320
Apartments
€1,634/m²
216
€11.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.75 to €14.29/m² a month)
6.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.44/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,490
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération des Sorgues du Comtat
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Sorgues, 14.4%, runs above Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
On this, Sorgues is above both Vaucluse’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €22,830 a year per consumption unit.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
8,800
jobs based in Sorgues, 1.1 per working resident
14.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,830
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
6 historic monuments and a protected historic area since 1988
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 6 historic monuments in Sorgues, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1988.
6historic monuments
Monuments by protection · Mérimée
Classé0
Inscrit6
14th c.
oldest protected part
1949
first monument protected
1988
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
Maison de la Reine Jeanne (ensemble de bâtiments connus sous le nom de): Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle Saint-Sixte: Photo: Unknown 1900s · Public domain · Château de Saint-Hubert ou Hôtel de Saint-Hubert: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sorgues
Is Sorgues safe?
It grades C− for safety, #32 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 50 burglaries and 170 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sorgues good?
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns and #22 of 36 in Vaucluse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Sorgues 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 €2,226/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.80/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Sorgues grades C for cost of living.
About Sorgues
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sorgues is a commune of 19,006 people in the Communauté d'agglomération des Sorgues du Comtat. 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.
