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A town of 2,040 in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Taillades has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (B): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Taillades does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Taillades 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 1 historic monument in Taillades, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1963.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Taillades.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €11.46/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 96% were houses. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 57 homes in Taillades.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,714/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 3.9% of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 8.6%, lower than both Vaucluse’s towns (11.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
27% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Vaucluse’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 37% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Taillades | Vaucluse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 7% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Vaucluse is 85.7 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 220 deaths in Taillades from 2016 to 2025; there were 196, 11% fewer. 4 GPs practise here.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Taillades, 91.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to both Vaucluse’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 1.9 mi away. At the general lycée, 95% of 375 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul GauthierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 80%+3 pts |
| Lycée Ismaël DauphinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 375 | 95%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Charles PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 154 | 99%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Taillades. Best known first.
MuseumHôtel d'Agar3.9 km west, in CavaillonAttractionAttractionRoue à aubesin townMuseumMuseumSynagogue de Cavaillon3.7 km west, in CavaillonArt galleryArt galleryHôpital de Cavaillon3.8 km west, in CavaillonMuseumMuseumMusée juif comtadin3.7 km west, in CavaillonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Taillades has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Sainte-Luce: Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Taillades yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taillades | 2,040 | — | — | D | — | B− |
| Robion | 4,816 | 1.4 | C+ | D | A+ | B |
| Cavaillon | 25,636 | 2.1 | D | C | C | C− |
| Cheval-Blanc | 4,362 | 2.7 | B− | D | A | B |
| Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 2,762 | 4.1 | D | C− | C | D |
| Plan-d'Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 3,573 | 4.6 | D | D | C | D |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue | 20,244 | 6 | C | D | B− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Taillades has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 50% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.83/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Taillades grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Taillades is a commune of 2,040 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Luberon Monts de Vaucluse. 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 October 30, 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.