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Some 2,097 people live in this town, in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
The local economy does well (A+): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. Health is a strength too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Lamanon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lamanon 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.
Lamanon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Lamanon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Lamanon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fontaine publique, in Eyguières, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Lamanon 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 Lamanon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €3,713/m², comes from 45 sales of houses and apartments in Lamanon from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 91% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,727/m² | 41 |
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.
At birth, a girl in Bouches-du-Rhône can expect 86 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 162 deaths in Lamanon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 206: 21% below. This Bouches-du-Rhône town has 2 family doctors.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Lucie AubracNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 92%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
6.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found nearly one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over two in five adults hold a degree. Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. Typical age in Lamanon: 45.7, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Lamanon | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
The commonest graded crime in Lamanon was burglary (2025). Violence against people averaged 5.8 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 15.2. The police record for Lamanon lists 24 offenses in 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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 36.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Lamanon. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lamanon yet.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Lamanon is a commune of 2,097 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamanon | 2,097 | — | — | D− | — | A− |
| Eyguières | 7,119 | 2.9 | C+ | D | B | C+ |
| Sénas | 6,925 | 3 | D | D | C | B− |
| Alleins | 2,852 | 3.7 | — | D | — | C |
| Salon-de-Provence | 44,194 | 4 | D | D | C− | C+ |
| Mallemort | 6,166 | 5.1 | D | D | C+ | C |
| Pélissanne | 11,085 | 5.7 | B+ | D | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Lamanon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 63% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,713/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lamanon 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 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.