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Some 3,739 people live in this town, in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Work and incomes are strong (A−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 8.3% unemployment. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Peynier 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 2 things Peynier does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Peynier 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.
Peynier has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Peynier: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1972.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Peynier.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €16.57/m² a month, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). In Peynier, houses go for €4,349/m² and apartments for €4,063/m². The sales split: 59% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,349/m² | 78 |
| Apartments | €4,063/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; 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. 214 deaths in Peynier between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 270: 21% below. The nearest emergency department to Peynier is Hopital Prive de Provence, 10.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Peynier can choose among 3 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Ranked by results, schools here are #26 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. A collège lies 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean ZayNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 150 | 93%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Peynier is Chapelle Saint-Pierre. Protection here reaches back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The share of residents under 15 is 18%. At 44.4, the median resident of Peynier sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Peynier | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 8.3%. At the census, 7.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over 2025, Peynier logged 33 recorded offenses. Graded property crimes ran at 11.3 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.6 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes 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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 27.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Peynier has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Pierre: Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Peynier yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peynier | 3,739 | — | — | D− | — | B+ |
| Rousset | 5,425 | 2.3 | C+ | D− | D | B |
| Trets | 10,946 | 2.6 | C | D | B+ | C+ |
| Fuveau | 10,337 | 3.8 | B | D− | B+ | A |
| La Bouilladisse | 6,547 | 4.1 | C | D− | A | C+ |
| Gréasque | 4,554 | 4.7 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
| La Destrousse | 4,133 | 5.2 | B | D− | B | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Peynier has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #26 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 Peynier grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Peynier is a commune of 3,739 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
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.