Vedène grades C− overall: better than 23% of compared French towns, and #22 of 38 in Vaucluse. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Vedène 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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Photo credits (1)
Château de Fargues: Jean-Marc Rosier http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vedène.
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Vedène costs more than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.68/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Vedène above both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,766/m², comes from 301 sales of houses and apartments in Vedène from July 2023 to June 2026. In Vedène, houses go for €2,817/m² and apartments for €2,564/m².
€2,766/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Vedène€2,766/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,817/m²
244
Apartments
€2,564/m²
57
€13.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.51 to €16.26/m² a month)
8.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,360
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA)
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Vedène’s ages would predict, 78 per 100 expected, under Vaucluse’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Vedène is below both Vaucluse’s towns (91) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 706 residents of Vedène died, against 866 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Vedène · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Avignon Henri Duffaut
3.8 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
INSEE, census 2023 · Vaucluse median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Vedène: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). 4.9% 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
Safety
Vedène has more crime per resident than 54% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 283 offenses in the graded categories in Vedène in 2025. 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, 0.7% of the index here.
7.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage88
Family violence54
Other physical violence37
Burglary29
Vehicle theft28
Theft from vehicles27
Sexual violence20
Fraud99
Theft without violence63
Drug use29
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.
7.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
283
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.7%
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
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Vedène is higher than in 75% of French communes of 1,000+
7.3% of Vedène’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 89% drove.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
4,600
jobs based in Vedène, 0.9 per working resident
11.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 51% of compared French towns
Porte-Beffroi: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Usine de Beauport, ancienne fabrique de poudre de garance: Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vedène
Is Vedène safe?
It grades B− for safety, #24 of 38 in Vaucluse. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 88 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Vedène good?
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #25 of 36 in Vaucluse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vedène expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,766/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Vedène grades D for cost of living.
About Vedène
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Vedène is a commune of 11,974 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA). 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
Population
11,974 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon (COGA)
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.
