Overall, Marvejols earns an A, better than 95% of compared French towns. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add walkability to its strengths — 78% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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.
Each subject compares Marvejols 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marvejols.
History
Old homes shape Marvejols: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Lozère’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, Marvejols counts 19 protected monuments, higher than both Lozère’s towns (16) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments here is Hôtel de Rouvière dit maison Dides. Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. The town has 9 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 6 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
On foot, Marvejols works better than 86% of compared French towns
Median disposable income comes to €23,610 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Marvejols number 2,800, against 1,850 residents in work (1.5 per worker). 8.0% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Lozère’s towns (8.3%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot16%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,800
jobs based in Marvejols, 1.5 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Buying in Marvejols costs less than in Lozère’s towns or across compared French towns: the median sale is €1,333/m²
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Marvejols, houses go for €1,423/m² and apartments for €1,280/m². The estimated advertised rent is €9.87/m² a month, near Lozère’s towns (€9.88/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 48% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,333/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Marvejols€1,333/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Lozère median€1,435/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,423/m²
78
Apartments
€1,280/m²
85
€9.87/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.73 to €12.61/m² a month)
3.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Gévaudan
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Marvejols are 15 to 24: 9.8%, fewer than in Lozère’s towns and compared French towns
Over-65s are 30% of the population. 14% are under 15, above Lozère’s towns (13%) but below compared French towns (17%). Marvejols has a median age of 50.7.
50.7median age
MarvejolsLozère medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Per resident, Marvejols sees less crime than 67% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Marvejols came to 82 in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 10.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.1. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
10.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Other physical violence24
Sexual violence21
Family violence12
Armed robbery0
Fraud29
Theft without violence18
Drug use9
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.
10.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
82
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 3.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth B
Adjusted for age and care homes, Marvejols sees fewer deaths than 59% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Lozère, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.2 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 737 deaths in Marvejols from 2016 to 2025; there were 813, 10% more. Its three care homes for older people (215 places) count their residents as Marvejols’; allowing for them, deaths were 15% below expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Marvejols is Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende, 10.1 mi away.
−15%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw110
Adjusted85
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Marvejols · 1.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende
9.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Lozere site Vallee du Lot Mende
84.2 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Lozère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Hôtel de Rouvière dit maison Dides: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Porte de Chanelles: Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Porte de Soubeyran: Photo: Szeder László · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Porte du Thérond: Photo: Szeder László · CC BY-SA 4.0
Charles-Louis Lavigne: Vikariat Kottayam, Public domain · Edmond Mendras: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain · Francis Combes: Bull-Doser, Public domain · Joseph Bonnet de Paillerets: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Pierre Barthélémy de Nogaret: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
Marvejols’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marvejols
Are schools in Marvejols good?
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. 100% of 37 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé polyvalent Saint-Joseph in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Marvejols expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marvejols grades A− for cost of living.
About Marvejols
Commune in Lozère, Occitanie
Marvejols is a commune of 4,764 people in the Communauté de communes du Gévaudan. 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
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.
