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A town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, home to 1,667 people.
Cornillon-Confoux’s strongest is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car (C−): 28% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €4,345/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Cornillon-Confoux 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 2 things Cornillon-Confoux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cornillon-Confoux 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.
Cornillon-Confoux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Cornillon-Confoux has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2000.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Cornillon-Confoux. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cornillon-Confoux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Cornillon-Confoux from July 2023 to June 2026: 32 houses and apartments. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,395/m² | 31 |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 90 residents of Cornillon-Confoux died, against 128 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% fewer. At birth, a girl in Bouches-du-Rhône can expect 86 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: for a family doctor, residents of Cornillon-Confoux have one GP on hand.
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.
150 jobs are based in Cornillon-Confoux, for 800 working residents (0.2 per worker). 6.3% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.4% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 16% of the total, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (6.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2000.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Cornillon-Confoux is 88.0%, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. General-bac pupils go 3.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 2.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René SeyssaudNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 82%−10 pts |
| Lycée professionnel les FerragesNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 69 | 88%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children are 19% of the town. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% of the town, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The median resident of Cornillon-Confoux is 45.4 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Cornillon-Confoux | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Cornillon-Confoux has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cornillon-Confoux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornillon-Confoux | 1,667 | — | — | D | — | A |
| Saint-Chamas | 8,676 | 2.5 | C− | D | C+ | C |
| Grans | 5,489 | 2.6 | B+ | D | A− | A− |
| Lançon-Provence | 9,915 | 3.4 | C− | D | D | A− |
| Miramas | 26,203 | 3.5 | D | C− | C− | B− |
| Salon-de-Provence | 44,194 | 4.9 | D | D | C− | C+ |
| Pélissanne | 11,085 | 5.6 | B+ | D | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cornillon-Confoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.9 recorded violent incidents and 14.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 42% 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 Cornillon-Confoux grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cornillon-Confoux is a commune of 1,667 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.