Mouriès is easy to get around without a car: 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for jobs & income. Second homes make up 15% of its housing.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Mouriès has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Mouriès 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mouriès.
HousingCost of living D
Renting in Mouriès costs an estimated advertised €14.19/m² a month, against €15.81/m² in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €3,637/m², near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€3,824/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses made up 86% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Sales in Mouriès from July 2023 to June 2026: 152 houses and apartments.
€3,637/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mouriès€3,637/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Bouches-du-Rhône median€3,824/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,671/m²
130
€14.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.28 to €17.85/m² a month)
9.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.79/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,750
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Fewer people in Mouriès are out of work than in Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.2%
For its 1,500 residents in work, Mouriès has 650 jobs: 0.4 each. 5.8% of Mouriès’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €27,370 a year.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Mouriès, 0.4 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Mouriès are 15 to 24: 8.1%, fewer than in both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 16%. Graduates make up 33% of adults.
48.5median age
MourièsBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
HealthHealth B
Mouriès loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 84 per 100 expected, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Mouriès. The nearest emergency department to Mouriès is Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles, 12 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 363 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 305, 16% fewer. 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.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw84
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Mouriès · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
12 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
86 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bouches-du-Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Mouriès keeps more of its old housing than Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 12% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century. Among the classé monuments in Mouriès is Mas de Brau. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments here: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Mouriès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The 2025 count: 52 offenses in Mouriès. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12.5. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
4.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Burglary20
Family violence5
Vehicle theft5
Armed robbery0
Fraud24
Theft without violence10
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.
4.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
52
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
25.5%
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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 25.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Oppidum des Caisses de Jean-Jean and 4 more in and around Mouriès
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Mouriès. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mouriès
Is Mouriès safe?
Mouriès has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 20 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
Is Mouriès expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Mouriès grades D for cost of living.
About Mouriès
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Mouriès is a commune of 3,527 people in the Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA). 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
3,527 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA)
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.
