Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
8,418 people live in this town in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Buying in is costly (D−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 13.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to an A overall and a rank of #1 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Nationally, it does better than 93% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Venelles 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 2 things Venelles does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Venelles, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Louis-Félix Chabaud, born in 1824, is the one person born in Venelles before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Venelles has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Venelles.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €17.73/m² a month, above both Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (€15.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The market in Venelles: 256 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €18.37/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,951/m² | 162 |
| Apartments | €4,857/m² | 94 |
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.
For exam results, it comes #7 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Collège pupils travel 2.7 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la Chesneraie PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 111 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 818 deaths in Venelles from 2016 to 2025; there were 584, 29% fewer. In Bouches-du-Rhône, life expectancy at birth reaches 86 years for women and 81 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. For a family doctor, residents of Venelles can choose among 13 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.
7.0% of people in the labour force have no job. Bus, tram or train carried 6.6% of working residents in Venelles to work at the census. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Venelles didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over 2025, Venelles logged 162 recorded offenses. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.7 violent offenses and 13.1 graded property crimes a year. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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 armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above Bouches-du-Rhône’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Half the people of Venelles are older than 47.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Venelles | Bouches-du-Rhône median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 22% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 52% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bouches-du-Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Venelles, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Heritage and family days out in and near Venelles. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de la Gaude3 km south, in Aix-en-ProvenceTheme parkTheme parkUrban Kidsin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Mignarde3.2 km south, in Aix-en-ProvenceChâteauChâteauBastide Bel-Air4.5 km southwest, in Aix-en-ProvenceChâteauChâteauChâteau de Fonscolombe5 km north, in Le Puy-Sainte-RéparadePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
2 notable people were born in Venelles.
Louis-Félix Chabaud: Petit Pierre Lanith (1831-1909), Public domain
Commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Venelles is a commune of 8,418 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venelles | 8,418 | — | A | D− | B+ | A |
| Meyrargues | 3,847 | 3.6 | C− | D | C+ | B+ |
| Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade | 5,935 | 4.7 | B | D− | B | B |
| Aix-en-Provence | 149,695 | 5.3 | B− | D− | C− | B+ |
| Peyrolles-en-Provence | 5,409 | 6.2 | C− | D | C+ | A− |
| Éguilles | 8,479 | 6.5 | B+ | D− | B− | A+ |
| Pertuis Vaucluse | 19,548 | 7 | B | D | C+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #9 of 99 in Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 55 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #7 of 96 in Bouches-du-Rhône. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €4,951/m² (162 sales), apartments €4,857/m² (94 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Venelles grades D− for cost of living.
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.