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2,376 residents make their home in this town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
The local economy does well: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Cost of living is its weak spot — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The median price paid is €4,931/m².
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. Châteauneuf-le-Rouge 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 Châteauneuf-le-Rouge 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.
Châteauneuf-le-Rouge has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Châteauneuf-le-Rouge does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Pierre, in Peynier, 4 mi away.
2.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge from July 2023 to June 2026: 57 houses and apartments. The sales split: 61% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,834/m² | 35 |
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.
Châteauneuf-le-Rouge has one family doctor. The nearest emergency department to Châteauneuf-le-Rouge is Hopital Prive de Provence, 7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 302 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 285, 6% fewer. Women in Bouches-du-Rhône live to 86 on average and men to 81 (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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 2.7 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean ZayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 150 | 93%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
15% are under 15, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.1% of the population. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Châteauneuf-le-Rouge | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 13% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 58% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
The unemployment rate here is 7.2%. No commute at all: 3.5% of working residents in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge was criminal damage (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.1 cases of violence against people and 17.5 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Recorded offenses in the town came to 48 in 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 · For family violence, other physical violence and sexual violence, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 27.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Châteauneuf-le-Rouge. Best known first.
MuseumMusée provençal des transports3 km southwest, in FuveauMonastery or conventMonastery or conventPrieuré de Sainte-Victoire4.7 km north, in VauvenarguesChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Antonin3.4 km north, in Saint-Antonin-sur-BayonTheme parkTheme parkAnim'o park1.5 km south, in FuveauArchaeological siteArchaeological siteOppidum d'Untinos3.8 km north, in Saint-Antonin-sur-BayonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge yet.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Châteauneuf-le-Rouge is a commune of 2,376 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
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Châteauneuf-le-Rouge has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 77% 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 Châteauneuf-le-Rouge 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 9, 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.