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A town of 2,640 in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Charleval’s best grade is for walkability: 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most (C+): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 8.0% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and 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). Charleval has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Charleval does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Charleval 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.
Charleval has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Charleval as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Anne-de-Goiron (également sur commune de La-Roque-d'Anthéron), in Lambesc, 2.3 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charleval.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,309/m², lower than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€3,824/m²) yet higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). A house rents for an estimated €11.46/m² a month. Also worth knowing: from July 2023 to June 2026, 94 homes were sold in Charleval.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,193/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The census found 8.6% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The median disposable income is €26,010 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Charleval’s; allowing for it, deaths were 5% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 341 residents of Charleval died, against 298 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. The nearest emergency department to Charleval is Hopital du Pays Salonais, 9 mi away. There are 2 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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Over-65s are 25% of the population. 33% of adults hold a degree, between Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (30%). The median resident of Charleval is 46.2 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Charleval | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Family days out and heritage in and near Charleval. Best known first.
Nothing in Charleval is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Charleval.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Charleval has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 9.4 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 Charleval grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Charleval is a commune of 2,640 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 October 30, 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.