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The town has 10,240 residents and lies in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Strong in places, weak in others. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. At B− overall, Cabriès is better than 47% of compared French towns and ranks #30 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. It also trails on safety (D): an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 34.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its best grade is for jobs & income (A+) — 0.9 jobs per working resident; 5.4% unemployment. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Cabriès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cabriès 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’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Cabriès; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1992.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cabriès.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €18.40/m² a month, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. Houses were 89% of what sold. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 253 homes in Cabriès.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,495/m² | 224 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 423 offenses in Cabriès in 2025. Theft from vehicles topped the graded crimes in Cabriès (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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 809 residents of Cabriès died, against 1,009 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Average lifespans in Bouches-du-Rhône: 86 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. There are 5 general practitioners locally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Cabriès, 98.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). School results put the town #8 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie MauronNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 161 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée international Georges DubyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 463 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège La nativité Sainte-Victoire PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 87 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 5.4% of the total, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (6.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Its oldest listed monument dates from Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 5.4%, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 8.1% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Cabriès didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Half the people of Cabriès are older than 45.6. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, in line with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Cabriès | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 14% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 57% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Cabriès. Best known first.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Cabriès; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Église paroissiale: Photo: AprylZA · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cabriès yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabriès | 10,240 | — | B− | D− | D | A− |
| Bouc-Bel-Air | 15,381 | 2.6 | B+ | D− | B− | A |
| Septèmes-les-Vallons | 11,995 | 3.7 | D− | D | C− | C− |
| Simiane-Collongue | 5,780 | 4.1 | B− | D− | B | A− |
| Les Pennes-Mirabeau | 22,537 | 4.2 | C− | D− | C− | B+ |
| Vitrolles | 36,758 | 5.3 | D | D− | D | C |
| Gardanne | 21,597 | 5.6 | D | D− | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety, #85 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 51 burglaries and 103 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns and #8 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 Cabriès grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cabriès is a commune of 10,240 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.