Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 3,825 people live in this town, in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Health is where it shines (A) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% 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 12.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The median sale price is €4,517/m².
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Coudoux has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Coudoux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Coudoux 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.
Coudoux has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Coudoux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Site archéologique de Roquepertuse, in Velaux, 2.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coudoux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €16.21/m² a month, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 79% were houses. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €15.01/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,573/m² | 91 |
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, 190 residents of Coudoux died, against 264 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Coudoux is Aphm Antenne Smur Marignane site Helico Securite Civile Base, 8.8 mi away. There are 4 general practitioners locally. 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.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 7.7 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.8 mi away. Results rank its schools #10 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège RoquepertuseNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 205 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 20%, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 19% of residents. The middle age in Coudoux is 43.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Coudoux | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.4% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.0% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.1% of commuters at the census. Coudoux holds 650 jobs; 1,850 of its residents are in work, so 0.3 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.3 cases of violence against people and 13.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 42 offenses recorded in Coudoux. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (26.7% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Coudoux. Best known first.
Nothing in Coudoux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Coudoux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudoux | 3,825 | — | — | D− | — | A |
| Velaux | 8,941 | 2 | B+ | D− | B+ | C+ |
| La Fare-les-Oliviers | 9,039 | 2.5 | B | D− | B | B− |
| Ventabren | 5,839 | 2.6 | B | D− | C | A |
| Rognac | 12,576 | 4.5 | C | D | B− | C− |
| Saint-Cannat | 6,097 | 5.1 | C | D− | B | B− |
| Éguilles | 8,479 | 5.4 | B+ | D− | B− | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Coudoux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns and #10 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 Coudoux grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Coudoux is a commune of 3,825 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.