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A town of 4,133 in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment. What holds it back is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Pupils here do less well than most (C+): brevet results 2.9 points below the expected rate. Overall, that makes a B, good for #20 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. That leaves it better than 56% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 La Destrousse 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 2 things La Destrousse does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in La Destrousse 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, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in La Destrousse 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 La Destrousse.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in La Destrousse: €4,339/m² for houses, €3,768/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €16.62/m² a month, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 49% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,339/m² | 48 |
| Apartments | €3,768/m² | 49 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to La Destrousse is Centre hospitalier General D Aubagne, 6.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 333 residents of La Destrousse died, against 461 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Bouches-du-Rhône is 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 11 general practitioners in the town.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.2 mi off. Results rank its schools #71 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis AragonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 174 | 90%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.6 violent offenses and 14.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In all, 71 offenses reached the police record in La Destrousse in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 17.4% 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.
A quarter of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (36%) and higher than compared French towns (30%). Residents of La Destrousse have a median age of 45.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| La Destrousse | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.9% of commuters at the census. 7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near La Destrousse. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in La Destrousse yet.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
La Destrousse is a commune of 4,133 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 Destrousse | 4,133 | — | B | D− | B | A |
| La Bouilladisse | 6,547 | 1.2 | C | D− | A | C+ |
| Peypin | 5,771 | 1.5 | B+ | D− | B+ | A |
| Auriol | 13,037 | 2.3 | C+ | D | B+ | B+ |
| Roquevaire | 8,915 | 2.5 | C− | D− | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Savournin | 3,397 | 3.7 | — | D− | — | C+ |
| Gréasque | 4,554 | 4.7 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #20 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #71 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 Destrousse 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 8, 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.