Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,547 in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Recorded crime is low (A): an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, that makes a C, better than 30% of compared French towns. That places it #50 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The rest of its grades are middling: B for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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 2 things La Bouilladisse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Bouilladisse 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in La Bouilladisse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle romane Saint-Vincent, in Roquevaire, 2.9 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near La Bouilladisse. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Bouilladisse.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In La Bouilladisse, houses go for €4,654/m² and apartments for €3,530/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €15.71/m² a month, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up four fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,654/m² | 118 |
| Apartments | €3,530/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in La Bouilladisse was criminal damage (2025). Recorded offenses here came to 88 in 2025. The town ranks first of the 99 compared towns in Bouches-du-Rhône on the Safety Grade.
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 other physical violence and sexual violence, 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, 15.4% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 7.2 mi away. School results put the town #89 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. For collège, the closest is 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège UbelkaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 166 | 86%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 5 general practitioners in La Bouilladisse. The nearest emergency department to La Bouilladisse is Centre hospitalier General D Aubagne, 7.4 mi away. 660 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 617: 7% above. At birth, a girl in Bouches-du-Rhône can expect 86 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
At the census, 6.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Unemployment runs at 7.7%. Per resident in work, La Bouilladisse counts 0.3 jobs (900 jobs, 2,900 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% are under 15, near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (17%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). La Bouilladisse has a median age of 46.1. Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Bouilladisse | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Bouilladisse 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 La Bouilladisse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bouilladisse | 6,547 | — | C | D− | A | C+ |
| La Destrousse | 4,133 | 1.2 | B | D− | B | A |
| Peypin | 5,771 | 1.5 | B+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Auriol | 13,037 | 3 | C+ | D | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Savournin | 3,397 | 3.2 | — | D− | — | C+ |
| Roquevaire | 8,915 | 3.7 | C− | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Gréasque | 4,554 | 3.8 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #1 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 16% of compared French towns and #89 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 La Bouilladisse grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Bouilladisse is a commune of 6,547 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.