Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 11,632 residents in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Plan-de-Cuques’s grades pull in different directions. The weak point is cost of living (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety lags (C+): an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 19.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, that makes a B−, good for #22 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. On that grade it does better than 53% of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · 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).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Plan-de-Cuques does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Plan-de-Cuques 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Plan-de-Cuques as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, dite des Chartreux, in Marseille, 4.1 mi away.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plan-de-Cuques.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €4,203/m², above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€3,824/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Apartments in Plan-de-Cuques sell for €3,608/m², houses for €5,073/m². House rents are put at about €18.01/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,073/m² | 164 |
| Apartments | €3,608/m² | 189 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For its 4,300 residents in work, Plan-de-Cuques has 1,950 jobs: 0.5 each. Unemployment stood at 6.0%, below Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Median disposable income comes to €29,240 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, about level with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (10%) and below compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 13% of the population. At 51.9, the median resident of Plan-de-Cuques sits in the middle of the age range.
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
| Plan-de-Cuques | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Plan-de-Cuques has 16 family doctors. In Bouches-du-Rhône, women can expect to live 86 years and men 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,829 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,618, 12% fewer.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
The 2025 count: 255 offenses in Plan-de-Cuques. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (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 · For sexual violence and armed robbery, 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, 1.3% 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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 78% passed the bac pro, of 207 candidates at 3 lycées. The town’s schools place #47 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône on results. Near Plan-de-Cuques, 92.3% of lycée candidates passed the bac, in line with Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Olympe de GougesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 85%−7 pts |
| Lycée régional Monte-CristoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 239 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Sévigné PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 184 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Plan-de-Cuques. Best known first.
Nothing in Plan-de-Cuques is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Plan-de-Cuques.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan-de-Cuques | 11,632 | — | B− | D− | C+ | A− |
| Allauch | 21,443 | 1 | B− | D− | B | B+ |
| Marseille 13e | 95,112 | 2.1 | D | D | D | C |
| Marseille 12e | 64,399 | 3.2 | C+ | D− | D | B |
| Marseille 14e | 60,505 | 3.8 | D | C+ | D− | C− |
| Marseille 11e | 59,883 | 3.9 | D | D | D | C+ |
| Marseille 4e | 49,363 | 4.3 | D | D | D− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #48 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 33 burglaries and 104 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns and #47 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. 98% of 239 candidates passed the bac at Lycée régional Monte-Cristo 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 Plan-de-Cuques grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Plan-de-Cuques is a commune of 11,632 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.