A town with more to fix than most. 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. With a C− overall, Le Rove sits #66 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. It comes out better than 15% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Le Rove 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.
Chapelle Saint-Michel et ruines du château: Photo: Fr.Latreille · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Rove.
HousingCost of living D−
Renting in Le Rove costs more than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €17.81/m² a month
€4,473/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €4,473/m², higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€3,824/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Le Rove sell for €4,652/m² and apartments for €4,013/m². From July 2023 to June 2026, 130 homes were sold here.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Le Rove€4,473/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€4,652/m²
94
Apartments
€4,013/m²
36
€17.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€14.23 to €22.30/m² a month)
12.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€16.35/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
Safety
Le Rove records more crime per resident than 73% of compared French towns
3.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Theft from vehicles topped the graded crimes in Le Rove (2025). 2025 saw 128 offenses recorded in the town. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.7 violent offenses and 23.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
Recorded by type · 2025
Theft from vehicles50
Criminal damage35
Family violence22
Vehicle theft12
Burglary9
Drug use112
Theft without violence31
Fraud26
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.
3.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
23.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
128
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
8.5%
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 8.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Le Rove run higher than in 72% of compared French towns
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Le Rove can choose among 4 GPs. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 651 residents of Le Rove died, against 583 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more. At birth, a girl in Bouches-du-Rhône can expect 86 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Le Rove · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Clinique Generale de Marignane
4.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique de Vitrolles
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Le Rove are out of work than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.5%
6%walk, cycle or take transit
The median disposable income was €28,850 a year per consumption unit, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€27,430) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.7% of commuters travelled at the census. At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Le Rove didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,000
jobs based in Le Rove, 0.4 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Le Rove: 2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Le Rove is Habitat fortifié dit le Camp de Laure. Protection here reaches back to prehistory. 4.1% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Few people in Le Rove are 15 to 24: 9.4%, fewer than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
44.6median age
18% are under 15, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older. Degrees are held by 36% of adults.
Le RoveBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education36%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Schools
80.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4.1 points below the expected rate
100%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #42 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. A collège lies 2 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 260 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Le Rove is a commune of 5,246 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
Population
5,246 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
Département
Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
8.9 sq mi (23.1 km²)
INSEE code
13088
Le Rove’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Rove
Is Le Rove safe?
It grades C for safety, #55 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 35 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Le Rove good?
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #42 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Le Rove expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Rove grades D− for cost of living.
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.
