Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 10,946 residents and lies in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Trets’s weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results trail most towns (C): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Safety is its strong suit: an average of 4.8 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The overall grade comes out at C, #52 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. That leaves it better than 28% of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for health, B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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 one thing Trets does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Trets 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Trets counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Wikidata records 3 people born in Trets before 1900, the earliest Christophe Veyrier, in 1637.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Trets.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €15.07/m² a month, near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and higher than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Apartments in Trets sell for €3,441/m², houses for €4,093/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €13.83/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,093/m² | 258 |
| Apartments | €3,441/m² | 127 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Trets was criminal damage (2025). The 2025 count: 173 offenses locally.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #77 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les Hauts de l'ArcNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 111 | 90%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Trets holds 2,750 jobs; 4,800 of its residents are in work, so 0.6 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €28,330 a year per consumption unit, near Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€27,430) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). 3.7% of Trets’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. Homes built before 1919 account for 8.5% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,020 deaths in Trets between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 931: 10% above. Its three care homes for older people (187 places) count their residents as Trets’; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Trets is Centre hospitalier General D Aubagne, 12.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Trets can choose among 16 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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Graduates make up 37% of adults. The age that splits Trets in two is 44.5.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Trets | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Trets. Best known first.
The list names few of Trets’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison du 12s (ancienne synagogue): Photo: Le Passant · CC BY-SA 4.0
4 notable people were born in Trets.
Urbain Dubois: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Christophe Veyrier: Rvalette, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugène Roumagoux: Unknown author Unknown author, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trets | 10,946 | — | C | D | B+ | C+ |
| Peynier | 3,739 | 2.6 | — | D− | — | B+ |
| Rousset | 5,425 | 4 | C+ | D− | D | B |
| Saint-Zacharie Var | 5,879 | 4.3 | C+ | D | A | C |
| Pourrières Var | 5,642 | 4.8 | — | D | — | B |
| La Bouilladisse | 6,547 | 5.4 | C | D− | A | C+ |
| Auriol | 13,037 | 5.6 | C+ | D | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #10 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #77 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 Trets grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Trets is a commune of 10,946 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.