Villelaure’s strongest subject is schools (A) — brevet results 2.1 points above the expected rate. Prices are high against local incomes (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.2% unemployment. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health and B for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Villelaure has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Villelaure 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Château-Vieux, dit aussi Château de la Reine-Laure (également sur commune de Pertuis) · Classé · Photo: Jean-Marc Rosier http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Villelaure’s story
Villelaure in pictures
Villelaure has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Louis Jacquier, born in 1741, is the one person born in Villelaure before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1992First protected: Château-Vieux, dit aussi Château de la Reine-Laure (égaleme…
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living D
Buying in Villelaure costs more than in Vaucluse’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €3,618/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €13.62/m² a month, higher than both Vaucluse’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 86% were houses. The market in Villelaure: 95 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€3,618/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Villelaure€3,618/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vaucluse median€2,616/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,703/m²
82
€13.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.86 to €17.09/m² a month)
9.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,020
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sud Luberon
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
More people in Villelaure hold a degree than in Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: 37%
19% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Vaucluse’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 are 9.3% of the population. Ages in Villelaure split evenly at 45: half are older, half younger.
45median age
VillelaureVaucluse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Villelaure sees more deaths than 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Villelaure has one family doctor. Women in Vaucluse live to 85.7 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 219 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 242: 9% below.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Villelaure · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi site de Pertuis
3.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi site de Pertuis
85.7 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vaucluse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Villelaure is better off than Vaucluse’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €28,540 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment runs at 9.2%. 7.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Villelaure didn’t travel to work at all.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
400
jobs based in Villelaure, 0.3 per working resident
9.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 57% of compared French towns
Château-Vieux, dit aussi Château de la Reine-Laure (également sur commune de Pertuis): Photo: Jean-Marc Rosier http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Villelaure
Is Villelaure safe?
Villelaure has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Villelaure good?
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #2 of 36 in Vaucluse. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Villelaure expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Villelaure grades D for cost of living.
About Villelaure
Commune in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Villelaure is a commune of 3,398 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Luberon. 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.
