Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 5,780 residents and lies in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its best grade is for health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade comes out at B−, #21 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. On that grade it does better than 54% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B for schools, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 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 Simiane-Collongue does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Simiane-Collongue 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 Simiane-Collongue as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Jardin d'en haut dit aussi parc d'Albertas, in Bouc-Bel-Air, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Simiane-Collongue. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Simiane-Collongue.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €16.69/m² a month, higher than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Simiane-Collongue from July 2023 to June 2026: 112 houses and apartments. Of the homes sold, 89% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,018/m² | 100 |
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.
There are 7 general practitioners in Simiane-Collongue. Women in Bouches-du-Rhône live to 86 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 529 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 585: 10% below.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Simiane-Collongue is 97.3%, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (92.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. School results put the town #28 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François MitterrandNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 109 | 87%−7 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Marie-Madeleine FourcadeNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 482 | 98%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Of the graded crimes in Simiane-Collongue, criminal damage came up most often (2025). All told, Simiane-Collongue had 90 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 16.3.
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 other physical violence, sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 9.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Jobs based in Simiane-Collongue number 850, against 2,450 residents in work (0.4 per worker). 8.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (9.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 6.8% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6% of residents. Simiane-Collongue has a median age of 47.2. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Simiane-Collongue | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Simiane-Collongue is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Simiane-Collongue.
Jean-Baptiste Penon: Mangouste35, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simiane-Collongue | 5,780 | — | B− | D− | B | A− |
| Bouc-Bel-Air | 15,381 | 1.8 | B+ | D− | B− | A |
| Gardanne | 21,597 | 2.3 | D | D− | C− | C− |
| Mimet | 4,241 | 3.3 | B | D− | A− | A− |
| Cabriès | 10,240 | 4.1 | B− | D− | D | A− |
| Septèmes-les-Vallons | 11,995 | 4.4 | D− | D | C− | C− |
| Meyreuil | 6,747 | 4.8 | C+ | D− | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #24 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 23 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns and #28 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. 98% of 482 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marie-Madeleine Fourcade 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 Simiane-Collongue grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Simiane-Collongue is a commune of 5,780 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.
