Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 4,241 residents, it is a town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Add safety to its strengths: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 9.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The catch is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to a B overall, better than 64% of compared French towns. It ranks #13 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
Figures: 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.
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 Mimet 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.
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The 3 things Mimet does most differently from other towns.
Mimet has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Mimet has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Oppidum de la Tête de l'Ost: Photo: Jpve · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mimet.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €16.48/m² a month, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses were 97% of what sold. The market in Mimet: 116 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,851/m² | 113 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 62 offenses in Mimet. On the Safety Grade, Mimet ranks 2nd of the 99 compared towns in Bouches-du-Rhône. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Mimet (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 23.1% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
5.7% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 5.6% 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.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 449 residents of Mimet died, against 493 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Mimet is Hopital Prive de Provence, 6.5 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners in the town. At birth, a girl in Bouches-du-Rhône can expect 86 years and a boy 81 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Under-15s account for 14% of the population. 30% of residents are 65 or over, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Mimet | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mimet, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 4.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Mimet, 97.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away. Also worth knowing: its collèges and lycées rank #54 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Denis MoustierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 250 | 87%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Marie-Madeleine FourcadeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 482 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Mimet. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Mimet.
Patrick Revelli: Aankomst spelers St. Etienne op vliegveld van Eindhoven v.l.n.r. trainer Robert , Bestanddeelnr 928-5229.jpg : NL-HaNA, ANEFO / neg. stroken, 1945-1989 derivative work: Agamitsudo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Mimet is a commune of 4,241 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mimet | 4,241 | — | B | D− | A− | A− |
| Saint-Savournin | 3,397 | 2 | — | D− | — | C+ |
| Gréasque | 4,554 | 2 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
| Gardanne | 21,597 | 2.4 | D | D− | C− | C− |
| Simiane-Collongue | 5,780 | 3.3 | B− | D− | B | A− |
| Fuveau | 10,337 | 3.6 | B | D− | B+ | A |
| Meyreuil | 6,747 | 4.1 | C+ | D− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #2 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 25 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #54 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. 98% of 482 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marie-Madeleine Fourcade in 2025, at 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 Mimet 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 4, 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.
