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The town has 11,536 residents and lies in Réunion.
A tough set of grades. Overall, Les Avirons earns a C−: better than a fifth of compared French towns, and #4 of 22 in Réunion. Its weakest is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 12.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on jobs & income as well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 22.8% unemployment. Safety is its strong suit — an average of 7.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Les Avirons does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Les Avirons 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Les Avirons; none is classé, France’s top protection.
0.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Avirons.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Les Avirons: €3,232/m² for houses, €3,463/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €15.13/m² a month, higher than both Réunion’s towns (€14.14/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The town recorded 212 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,232/m² | 140 |
| Apartments | €3,463/m² | 72 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Les Avirons ranks first of the 22 compared towns in Réunion on the Safety Grade. For 2025, the figures show 142 offenses here. The commonest graded crime locally 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 vehicle theft, 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, 9.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
11% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than Réunion’s towns (13%) yet higher than compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 21% of the population. Degrees are held by 30% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Réunion 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Les Avirons | Réunion median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 21% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 14% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 35% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Réunion median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #22 of 24 in Réunion. The nearest collège is 0.8 mi away. The bac pass rate near Les Avirons is 91.0%, about level with Réunion’s towns (90.8%) and below compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Adrien CadetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 131 | 92%+4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 258 | 95%−1 pt |
| Collège Simon LucasBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 111 | 94%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 22.8%. One in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Les Avirons is Chu site Sud Saint Pierre, 12.4 mi away. 626 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 680: 8% below. In Réunion, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.5 years for women and 78.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Les Avirons, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. 0.1% 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
Family days out and other places to visit in and near Les Avirons. Best known first.
Theme parkCroc Parc3.7 km south, in L'Étang-SaléAttractionAttractionCavernein townWater parkWater parkAkOatys3.2 km south, in L'Étang-SaléZooZooZoo Parc de la Réunion3.7 km south, in L'Étang-SaléAttractionAttractionCrique de la ravine des Sables3.8 km west, in Saint-LeuPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Les Avirons has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Les Avirons as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Avirons | 11,536 | — | C− | D− | A | C+ |
| L'Étang-Salé | 14,464 | 2.2 | D | D− | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Leu | 36,163 | 4 | D− | D− | B− | D |
| Saint-Louis | 54,941 | 5.9 | D− | D− | C | D− |
| Entre-Deux | 7,176 | 8.5 | — | D− | — | C− |
| Les Trois-Bassins | 7,221 | 9.3 | D | D− | B+ | D |
| Cilaos | 5,040 | 10 | D− | C− | B− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #1 of 22 in Réunion. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 32% of compared French towns and #22 of 24 in Réunion. 95% of 258 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Les Avirons grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Réunion
Les Avirons is a commune of 11,536 people in the Communauté d'agglomération CIVIS (Communauté Intercommunale des Villes Solidaires). 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.