Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 2,647: a town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Residents are healthier than most (B): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying in is costly (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for jobs & income and B for walkability. It lags on schools as well — brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Mollégès has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Mollégès does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mollégès 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.
Mollégès has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mollégès as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Croix, in Saint-Andiol, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mollégès.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €3,923/m²: 62 houses and apartments sold in Mollégès between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 97% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,923/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.5 mi away. At the collèges within 5 km of Mollégès, 85.0% passed the brevet, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (85.2%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest collège is 1.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 85%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
188 deaths in Mollégès between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 227: 17% below. Life expectancy in Bouches-du-Rhône: 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Mollégès can choose among 5 GPs.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Mollégès has 600 jobs for 1,200 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 6.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,590 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents. The median resident of Mollégès is 47.3 years old. 34% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Mollégès | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Mollégès. Best known first.
Nothing in Mollégès is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Mollégès.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mollégès | 2,647 | — | — | D | — | B |
| Saint-Andiol | 3,353 | 2 | C+ | C− | B | A− |
| Plan-d'Orgon | 3,573 | 2.5 | D | D | C | D |
| Cabannes | 4,595 | 3.7 | D | C− | B | D |
| Orgon | 2,762 | 4.3 | D | C− | C | D |
| Noves | 6,080 | 5 | C | C− | C | C+ |
| Cavaillon Vaucluse | 25,636 | 5.2 | D | C | C | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mollégès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 13 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns and #82 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,923/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mollégès grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Mollégès is a commune of 2,647 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Terre de 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 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.