Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,391 residents, it is a town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
The local economy does well: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 14.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on safety as well: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 26.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes change hands at a median €5,341/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Le Tholonet 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.
The 2 things Le Tholonet does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Tholonet 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.
Le Tholonet has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Tholonet as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bastide de Repentance, in Aix-en-Provence, 2.1 mi away.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1999.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Le Tholonet. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence4.6 km northwest, in Aix-en-Provence
MuseumMusée Granet3.9 km west, in Aix-en-Provence
MuseumPavillon Vendôme5 km northwest, in Aix-en-Provence
MuseumHôtel de Caumont4.2 km west, in Aix-en-Provence
MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle d'Aix-en-Provence4.3 km northwest, in Aix-en-Provence
MuseumChapelle des Pénitents blancs d'Aix-en-Provence3.9 km west, in Aix-en-ProvencePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Tholonet.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 63% houses, the rest apartments. 76 houses and apartments changed hands in Le Tholonet from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,867/m² | 48 |
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.
In Bouches-du-Rhône, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 235 deaths in Le Tholonet from 2016 to 2025; there were 159, 32% fewer. Also worth knowing: the town has 6 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
2025 saw 37 offenses recorded in Le Tholonet. With 1,500 jobs for 1,150 working residents, Le Tholonet draws people in from neighbouring communes. The graded crime recorded most here was theft from vehicles (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence 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, 21.3% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
At the census, 15.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The unemployment rate comes to 7.5%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Le Tholonet is 96.7%, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Arc de MeyranNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 203 | 89%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Émile ZolaNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 531 | 98%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-Éloi PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 72 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children are 15% of the town. 23% of residents are 65 or over, in line with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). At 46.8, the median resident of Le Tholonet sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Le Tholonet | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 13% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 61% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Le Tholonet is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Le Tholonet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Tholonet | 2,391 | — | — | D− | C− | A |
| Meyreuil | 6,747 | 2.1 | C+ | D− | C+ | B− |
| Aix-en-Provence | 149,695 | 3.6 | B− | D− | C− | B+ |
| Gardanne | 21,597 | 4.5 | D | D− | C− | C− |
| Fuveau | 10,337 | 4.9 | B | D− | B+ | A |
| Venelles | 8,418 | 5.8 | A | D− | B+ | A |
| Gréasque | 4,554 | 6 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 531 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Émile Zola in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Tholonet grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Le Tholonet is a commune of 2,391 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 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.