Cost of living is its weak spot (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. With a C overall, Lambesc sits #49 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. On that grade it does better than 31% of compared French towns. It is easy to get around without a car: 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Add safety to its strengths: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schools lag: brevet results 10 points below the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Lambesc 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lambesc.
HousingCost of living D−
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Lambesc than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: €17.85/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,984/m²: 285 houses and apartments sold in Lambesc between July 2023 and June 2026. Apartments in Lambesc sell for €3,623/m², houses for €4,163/m². Houses made up 73% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€3,984/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Lambesc€3,984/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,163/m²
208
Apartments
€3,623/m²
77
€17.85/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.16 to €22.49/m² a month)
10.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€14.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Schools around Lambesc do less well than those of 95% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #94 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. The brevet pass rate near Lambesc is 84.0%, near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (85.2%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 8.2 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Lambesc is rich in protected monuments: 14 per 10,000 residents, more than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lambesc is Chapelle Saint-Michel. 8 of the 14 are churches, chapels and other religious buildings. Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century. 15% of its homes were built before 1919, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (6.9%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Lambesc run higher than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: a median €29,160 a year per consumption unit
Lambesc holds 2,550 jobs; 4,400 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Lambesc didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried 5.5% of working residents in Lambesc to work at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot6%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
2,550
jobs based in Lambesc, 0.6 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lambesc has less crime per resident than 71% of compared French towns
In all, 196 offenses reached the police record in Lambesc in 2025.
5.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage68
Burglary27
Theft from vehicles27
Other physical violence24
Vehicle theft20
Family violence17
Sexual violence13
Fraud70
Theft without violence32
Drug use17
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.
5.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
196
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B
Fewer deaths than expected: Lambesc is below 60% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Lambesc is Hopital du Pays Salonais, 8.1 mi away. Its two care homes for older people (176 places) count their residents as Lambesc’s; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. 963 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 951: 1% above. Women in Bouches-du-Rhône live to 86 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw101
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
12
GPs in Lambesc · 4.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital du Pays Salonais
8.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital du Pays Salonais
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chapelle Sainte-Anne-de-Goiron (également sur commune de La-Roque-d'Anthéron): Photo: SombreSanglier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tour du Jacquemart: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain · Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lambesc
Is Lambesc safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #10 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 27 burglaries and 68 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Lambesc good?
They grade D, better than 5% of compared French towns and #94 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Lambesc expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,984/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Lambesc grades D− for cost of living.
About Lambesc
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Lambesc is a commune of 10,024 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
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.
