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A town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, home to 1,533 people.
Cost of living is its weak spot: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median home sells for €3,896/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Aureille has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Aureille 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.
Aureille has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Aureille does most differently from other towns.
Aureille has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1935.
Aureille has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Borne milliaire: Photo: Otto Hirschfeld · Public domain
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aureille.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 85% were houses. Sales in Aureille from July 2023 to June 2026: 40 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,071/m² | 34 |
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.
In Bouches-du-Rhône, women can expect to live 86 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, Aureille’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 125 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 122, 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Aureille is Hopital du Pays Salonais, 9.1 mi away.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 9.5%. Among the classé monuments in Aureille is Borne milliaire. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.1% of commuters travelled at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €27,940 a year per consumption unit, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€27,430) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 24% of the town. Degrees are held by 36% of adults, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (36%) and above compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Aureille by age and the one in the middle is 47.8.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Aureille | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Aureille yet.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Aureille is a commune of 1,533 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA). 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Aureille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.1 recorded violent incidents and 12.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aureille grades D for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.
