Meyrargues grades low on several counts. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, that makes a C−, good for #59 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. That leaves it better than 19% of compared French towns. Schools are weaker too — brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: 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 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 Meyrargues 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.
Aqueduc romain: Photo: Mathieu BROSSAIS · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meyrargues.
HousingCost of living D
Median price in Meyrargues: €3,652/m²
€3,652/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Meyrargues goes for €3,994/m², an apartment for €3,016/m². Advertised rents are estimated at €15.81/m² a month, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Among the homes sold, 68% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Meyrargues€3,652/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,994/m²
66
Apartments
€3,016/m²
31
€15.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.66 to €19.75/m² a month)
9.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€15.39/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
Exam results around Meyrargues trail 88% of compared French towns
85.0%passed the brevetDSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Meyrargues, 85.0% passed the brevet, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (85.2%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.9 mi off. The nearest collège is 2.7 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Meyrargues loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 82 per 100 expected, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Meyrargues can choose among 2 GPs. At birth, a girl in Bouches-du-Rhône can expect 86 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 235 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 288: 18% below.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw82
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Meyrargues · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chi site de Pertuis
4.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chi site de Pertuis
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Meyrargues hold a degree than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 46%
41.4median age
Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population. Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Meyrargues is older than 41.4, half younger.
MeyrarguesBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma13%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education46%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
History
Old homes shape Meyrargues: 13% were built before 1919, more than in both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Meyrargues is Aqueduc romain. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The protected list starts in Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Meyrargues ranks above 56% of compared French towns for crime per resident
6.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
The graded crime recorded most in Meyrargues was criminal damage (2025). 90 offenses were reported in Meyrargues during 2025. Violence against people ran at 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.2 (2023–2025 average).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage38
Other physical violence15
Family violence14
Burglary12
Theft from vehicles11
Armed robbery0
Drug use41
Theft without violence17
Fraud17
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.
6.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
90
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
13.1%
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 · When sexual violence and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (13.1% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Meyrargues, 7.9%, runs below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
9%walk, cycle or take transit
Meyrargues holds 700 jobs; 1,800 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €28,340 a year per consumption unit, near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€27,430) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.3% of working residents in Meyrargues didn’t travel to work at all.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
700
jobs based in Meyrargues, 0.4 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 54% of compared French towns
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Meyrargues is a commune of 3,847 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
3,847 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
Département
Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
16.1 sq mi (41.8 km²)
INSEE code
13059
Meyrargues’ 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 Meyrargues
Is Meyrargues safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #41 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Meyrargues good?
They grade D, better than 12% of compared French towns and #91 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Meyrargues expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Meyrargues 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.
