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It is a town of 10,343 residents in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Gignac-la-Nerthe grades low on several counts. Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Overall, Gignac-la-Nerthe earns a C−, which places it #65 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. That leaves it better than 15% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: 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.
The one thing Gignac-la-Nerthe does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gignac-la-Nerthe 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Gignac-la-Nerthe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Habitat fortifié dit le Camp de Laure, in Le Rove, 0.6 mi away.
3.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Gignac-la-Nerthe. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gignac-la-Nerthe.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Gignac-la-Nerthe, houses go for €4,065/m² and apartments for €3,400/m². The estimated advertised rent is €16.60/m² a month, near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Of the homes sold, 72% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,065/m² | 180 |
| Apartments | €3,400/m² | 69 |
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.
There are 13 general practitioners in Gignac-la-Nerthe. In Bouches-du-Rhône, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 724 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 685, 5% fewer.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Gignac-la-Nerthe, 94.9% passed the bac, higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). On results, collèges and lycées here come #69 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le Petit PrinceNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 178 | 79%−7 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Louis-Sainte-Marie PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 260 | 100%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Louis BlériotBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 93 | 86%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 32% of adults, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (36%) but above compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 21% of residents. Typical age in Gignac-la-Nerthe: 42.6, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Gignac-la-Nerthe | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 8.4%, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. For its 4,600 residents in work, Gignac-la-Nerthe has 2,000 jobs: 0.4 each. Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.5% of working residents in Gignac-la-Nerthe went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graded property crimes ran at 15.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 6.1 (2023–2025 average). All told, Gignac-la-Nerthe had 214 recorded offenses in 2025. The graded crime recorded most in the town 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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Gignac-la-Nerthe is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Gignac-la-Nerthe.
Georges Carnus: Benjamin Lemaire - Virtuo Press, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gignac-la-Nerthe | 10,343 | — | C− | D− | B− | C |
| Marignane | 33,692 | 1.7 | D | D | C− | C |
| Saint-Victoret | 6,730 | 1.9 | C− | D− | C− | C+ |
| Le Rove | 5,246 | 2 | C− | D− | C | C |
| Ensuès-la-Redonne | 5,757 | 3.2 | D | D− | B | B |
| Châteauneuf-les-Martigues | 18,455 | 3.6 | D | D− | B− | C |
| Vitrolles | 36,758 | 3.8 | D | D− | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #39 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 90 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 38% of compared French towns and #69 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The lycée stands out: 100% of 260 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Saint-Louis-Sainte-Marie in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Gignac-la-Nerthe grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Gignac-la-Nerthe is a commune of 10,343 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 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.
