Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, this town has 6,236 residents.
Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs & income is weaker too — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 8.6% unemployment. Its strongest subject is walkability — nearly nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The overall grade lands at C−, better than just over a fifth of compared French towns. That places it #54 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety and C+ for health.
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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Cuges-les-Pins 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Cuges-les-Pins does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cuges-les-Pins as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Stèle romaine portant une inscription, in Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume, 4 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cuges-les-Pins 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 Cuges-les-Pins.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €4,389/m² in Cuges-les-Pins, apartments for €2,667/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €13.95/m² a month, between Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market here: 126 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,389/m² | 92 |
| Apartments | €2,667/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Under-15s account for nearly a fifth of the population. 36% of adults hold a degree, near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (36%) and higher than compared French towns (30%). Cuges-les-Pins has a median age of 40.5.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Cuges-les-Pins | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
8.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income is €28,010 a year for each consumption unit. At the census, 5.6% of working residents in Cuges-les-Pins went to work by public transport.
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.
Cuges-les-Pins has 3 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Cuges-les-Pins records 90 deaths per 100 expected, near both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 335 residents of Cuges-les-Pins died, against 370 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Cuges-les-Pins is Centre hospitalier General D Aubagne, 7 mi away.
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.
Violence against people averaged 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 15.8. The police record for Cuges-les-Pins lists 127 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (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 sexual violence and armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Family days out, other places to visit and heritage in and near Cuges-les-Pins. Best known first.
Theme parkOk Corralin townAttractionAttractionLes Aigles de la Sainte-Baumein townTheme parkTheme parkStarter Parkin townAttractionAttractionTombstone - Théâtre équestrein townAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Pons de Gémenos3.7 km northwest, in GémenosChâteauChâteauChâteau de Julhans4.5 km southwest, in Roquefort-la-BédoulePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Cuges-les-Pins as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cuges-les-Pins is a commune of 6,236 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuges-les-Pins | 6,236 | — | C− | D | B− | C+ |
| Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume Var | 2,527 | 4 | — | D | — | C− |
| Gémenos | 6,579 | 4.2 | B | D− | C+ | A− |
| Ceyreste | 4,863 | 5.3 | C+ | D− | A− | B− |
| La Cadière-d'Azur Var | 5,739 | 5.4 | C+ | D | B | B |
| Le Castellet Var | 6,040 | 5.8 | D | D | B− | B− |
| Roquefort-la-Bédoule | 5,798 | 5.9 | B− | D− | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #37 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 32 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cuges-les-Pins 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.