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A town of 1,179 in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Vacqueyras has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% 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 Vacqueyras 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 Vacqueyras as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Notre-Dame-d'Aubune, in Beaumes-de-Venise, 1.8 mi away.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vacqueyras.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €2,902/m², higher than both Vaucluse’s towns (€2,616/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). The sales split: 92% houses, the rest apartments. Vacqueyras recorded 39 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,090/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
88 deaths in Vacqueyras between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 110: 20% below. The nearest emergency department to Vacqueyras is Centre hospitalier de Carpentras, 6.7 mi away. One GP practises here. Average lifespans in Vaucluse: 85.7 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · 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.
Vacqueyras holds 300 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.0% of commuters travelled at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,850 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Typical age in Vacqueyras: 46.8, the median. 27% of adults hold a degree, below both Vaucluse’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Vacqueyras | Vaucluse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Vacqueyras in 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
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Vacqueyras. Best known first.
Nothing in Vacqueyras is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Vacqueyras.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacqueyras | 1,179 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Aubignan | 5,981 | 3.6 | B+ | C | A | B+ |
| Sarrians | 5,792 | 3.7 | B− | C | A− | B− |
| Jonquières | 5,201 | 4.2 | C | C− | A | C− |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues | 4,533 | 5.8 | C | C+ | A | C− |
| Courthézon | 6,426 | 6.1 | C | C | B+ | B− |
| Caromb | 3,479 | 6.5 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vacqueyras has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 11.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vacqueyras grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Vacqueyras is a commune of 1,179 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
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.