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A town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, home to 868 people.
At under 1,000 residents, La Barben is too small for the grades other French towns get.
La Barben has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The list names few of La Barben’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église paroissiale Saint-Sauveur: Photo: Antony118 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Barben.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
La Barben has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
20% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 8.5% of residents. Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Barben | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 55% | 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, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs based in La Barben number 150, against 450 residents in work (0.4 per worker). At the census, 8.2% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.2 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Roger CarcassonneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 159 | 86%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 90% were houses. 21 houses and apartments changed hands in La Barben from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near La Barben. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Barben yet.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Barben is a commune of 868 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Barben | 868 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pélissanne | 11,085 | 1.4 | B+ | D | A− | B+ |
| Lançon-Provence | 9,915 | 3.6 | C− | D | D | A− |
| Salon-de-Provence | 44,194 | 4.3 | D | D | C− | C+ |
| Lambesc | 10,024 | 4.5 | C | D− | B+ | B |
| Alleins | 2,852 | 5.3 | — | D | — | C |
| La Fare-les-Oliviers | 9,039 | 5.5 | B | D− | B | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.