Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,236 residents make their home in this town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes are dear (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and B for walkability. Its schools fall short: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate.
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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Cadolive 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.
The 3 things Cadolive does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cadolive 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.
Cadolive has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cadolive 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, 4.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Cadolive. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cadolive.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.91/m² a month, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €16.44/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 51 homes were sold in Cadolive.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,347/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.1 mi away. Collège pupils travel 2.3 mi to the nearest one. 87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Cadolive, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (85.2%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Denis MoustierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 250 | 87%−7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 177 deaths in Cadolive from 2016 to 2025; there were 140, 21% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Cadolive is Centre hospitalier General D Aubagne, 7.5 mi away. At birth, a girl in Bouches-du-Rhône can expect 86 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 5 GPs practise here.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Unemployment stood at 7.2%, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 5.9% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. 200 jobs are based in Cadolive, for 1,000 working residents (0.2 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. 18% are under 15, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Line up the people of Cadolive by age and the one in the middle is 43.9.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Cadolive | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Cadolive is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Cadolive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadolive | 2,236 | — | — | D− | — | B+ |
| Saint-Savournin | 3,397 | 0.7 | — | D− | — | C+ |
| Peypin | 5,771 | 1.6 | B+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Gréasque | 4,554 | 2.2 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
| La Bouilladisse | 6,547 | 2.6 | C | D− | A | C+ |
| Mimet | 4,241 | 2.7 | B | D− | A− | A− |
| La Destrousse | 4,133 | 3.1 | B | D− | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cadolive has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 8.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 15% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cadolive grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cadolive is a commune of 2,236 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.