The picture is mixed. With a B− overall, Fontvieille is better than 48% of compared French towns and ranks #29 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Prices are high against local incomes (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Fontvieille 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fontvieille.
History
Fontvieille: 21 historic monuments, more per resident than almost any compared French town
21historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Fontvieille is Dolmen de Saint-Contignarde (restes). Per 10,000 residents, Fontvieille counts 59 protected monuments, higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (1.5) and compared French towns (2.5). Before 1919: that is when 16% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Fontvieille than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 11% are under 15
56.6median age
The 65-and-over age group makes up 37% of residents. Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 36% of adults.
FontvieilleBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Fontvieille costs an estimated advertised €14.32/m² a month, against €15.81/m² in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
€3,943/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €3,943/m², close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€3,824/m²) and above compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 125 houses and apartments changed hands in Fontvieille from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for nearly nine in ten sales, apartments for the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fontvieille€3,943/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,998/m²
111
€14.32/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.20 to €18.32/m² a month)
9.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.81/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Mortality in Fontvieille, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns: 78 per 100 expected
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Bouches-du-Rhône, women can expect to live 86 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 509 deaths in Fontvieille between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 570: 11% below. For a family doctor, residents of Fontvieille can choose among 4 GPs.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Fontvieille · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
6.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fontvieille has 0.6 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
10%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €27,730 a year per consumption unit, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€27,430) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 2.8% of Fontvieille’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
800
jobs based in Fontvieille, 0.6 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 63% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Fontvieille ranks below 53% of compared French towns for crime per resident
5.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.2 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 15.5. 2025 saw 56 offenses recorded in Fontvieille. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Burglary10
Family violence8
Vehicle theft7
Theft from vehicles6
Fraud27
Theft without violence14
Drug use10
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.
5.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
56
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
12.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (12.9% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Louis Gros: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain
About Fontvieille
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Fontvieille is a commune of 3,571 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA). 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
Population
3,571 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)
Département
Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
15.6 sq mi (40.3 km²)
INSEE code
13038
Fontvieille’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
