Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 13,037 people live in this town, in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Housing is expensive (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, Auriol earns a C+, which places it #40 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. On that grade it does better than 37% of compared French towns. Its best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Auriol does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Auriol 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Auriol as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle romane Saint-Vincent, in Roquevaire, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auriol.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €14.91/m² a month, lower than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Auriol, houses go for €4,753/m² and apartments for €3,256/m². Of the homes sold, 61% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,753/m² | 205 |
| Apartments | €3,256/m² | 131 |
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.
For a family doctor, residents of Auriol can choose among 8 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Auriol is Centre hospitalier General D Aubagne, 6.8 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,018 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 963, 5% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Bouches-du-Rhône is 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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.
Violence against people ran at 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13 (2023–2025 average). In all, 268 offenses reached the police record in Auriol in 2025. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #71 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège UbelkaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 166 | 86%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: 16% of residents. Auriol has a median age of 44.5. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Auriol | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.8% of commuters got to work without a car. 2,150 jobs are based in Auriol, for 6,050 working residents (0.4 per worker). Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Auriol. Best known first.
Nothing in Auriol is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Auriol as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auriol | 13,037 | — | C+ | D | B+ | B+ |
| La Destrousse | 4,133 | 2.3 | B | D− | B | A |
| Roquevaire | 8,915 | 2.9 | C− | D− | C+ | C+ |
| La Bouilladisse | 6,547 | 3 | C | D− | A | C+ |
| Saint-Zacharie Var | 5,879 | 3.2 | C+ | D | A | C |
| Peypin | 5,771 | 3.8 | B+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume Var | 2,527 | 4.6 | — | D | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #16 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 39 burglaries and 94 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #71 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Auriol grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Auriol is a commune of 13,037 people in the Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. 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 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.