Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
6,097 people live in this town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Saint-Cannat grades C overall and ranks #45 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. On that grade it does better than nearly a third of compared French towns. Pupils here do less well than most (C−): brevet results 5.5 points below the expected rate. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 8.8% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for health.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Saint-Cannat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Cannat 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Cannat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Domaine d'Aiguebelle, in Lambesc, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Saint-Cannat. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Cannat.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Saint-Cannat: €4,445/m² for houses, €4,286/m² for apartments. The estimated advertised rent is €16.51/m² a month, close to Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €15.04/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,445/m² | 137 |
| Apartments | €4,286/m² | 47 |
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.
General-bac pupils go 9.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 2.7 mi off. For exam results, it comes #80 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Florence Arthaud ( anciennement les Garrigues)Nearest collègeCollège | Collège | 132 | 91%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
8.8% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Saint-Cannat didn’t travel to work at all. The census found just over one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.2 cases of violence against people and 13.9 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 125 offenses were reported in Saint-Cannat during 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Half of Saint-Cannat is older than 46.2, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Cannat | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 657 deaths in Saint-Cannat from 2016 to 2025; there were 741, 13% more. Its two care homes for older people (148 places) count their residents as Saint-Cannat’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Cannat is Chi site D Aix En Provence, 9.1 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Bouches-du-Rhône is 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Nothing in Saint-Cannat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Cannat.
Pierre André de Suffren: Pompeo Batoni, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cannat | 6,097 | — | C | D− | B | B− |
| Lambesc | 10,024 | 2.9 | C | D− | B+ | B |
| Rognes | 4,693 | 3.7 | B− | D− | B− | B |
| Éguilles | 8,479 | 4.6 | B+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Coudoux | 3,825 | 5.1 | — | D− | — | A |
| Ventabren | 5,839 | 5.3 | B | D− | C | A |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron | 5,459 | 6.6 | B+ | D | B | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #20 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #80 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 Saint-Cannat grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Saint-Cannat is a commune of 6,097 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 8, 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.
