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This town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has a population of 6,747.
Some subjects shine; others lag. Meyreuil’s overall grade of C+ puts it better than 41% of compared French towns, #35 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is weaker too: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 19 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is jobs & income: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools, B− for health and C+ for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 Meyreuil 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Meyreuil does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Meyreuil as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel d'Oléon-Boysseulh, in Aix-en-Provence, 3.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Meyreuil 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 Meyreuil.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Meyreuil goes for €4,767/m², an apartment for €4,493/m². The median sale price was €4,596/m², higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€3,824/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 192 homes were sold in the town.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,767/m² | 110 |
| Apartments | €4,493/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The under-15s are 19% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Meyreuil | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
The graded crime recorded most in Meyreuil was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 130 offenses recorded here.
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 armed robbery, 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, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Meyreuil, 97.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 2.5 mi to the nearest one. On results, collèges and lycées here come #30 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gabriel PériNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 78%−1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Marie-Madeleine FourcadeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 482 | 98%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Émile ZolaBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 71 | 97%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 6.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Of those in the labour force, 5.6% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Bouches-du-Rhône: 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 388 residents of Meyreuil died, against 442 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% fewer. This Bouches-du-Rhône town has 4 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Museums and heritage in and near Meyreuil. Best known first.
MuseumMusée provençal des transports4.3 km east, in FuveauMuseumMuseumMusée Gardanne Autrefois3.8 km southwest, in GardanneMuseumMuseumÉcomusée de la Forêt3.9 km west, in GardanneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Barème2.6 km west, in GardanneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Valabre4.6 km west, in GardannePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
2 notable people were born in Meyreuil.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Meyreuil is a commune of 6,747 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyreuil | 6,747 | — | C+ | D− | C+ | B− |
| Gardanne | 21,597 | 2.5 | D | D− | C− | C− |
| Fuveau | 10,337 | 3.5 | B | D− | B+ | A |
| Gréasque | 4,554 | 4.1 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
| Mimet | 4,241 | 4.1 | B | D− | A− | A− |
| Aix-en-Provence | 149,695 | 4.6 | B− | D− | C− | B+ |
| Simiane-Collongue | 5,780 | 4.8 | B− | D− | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #30 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Meyreuil 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 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.