Living in Marignane

Coastal town

13 · Marseille, Aix-en-Provence and the Bouches-du-Rhône département · 33,692 residents

52.3/100 · Icioola quality-of-life score
526th of 930 mid-sized towns in France

About 61 min to central Marseille by public transport (door to door, typical weekday morning), 26 min by car.

Marignane in figures

Flat price2,417 €/m² (median)
House price3,790 €/m² (median)
Safetyless safe than 51% of all French towns
Brevet exam (avg. written score)9.1/20
Main stationMistral
Estimated property tax (taxe foncière)≈ €870 a year per home (rate 45.7%)

Frequently asked questions

Is Marignane a safe place to live?

Marignane records 5.4 home burglaries per 1,000 main residences per year, 30.6 thefts and damage and 4.3 non-domestic violent offences per 1,000 estimated present residents (French Ministry of the Interior / SSMSI). These three measures make up Icioola’s safety score: violence 40%, theft 30%, burglary 30%, weighted by severity, scoring 49 out of 100 on safety across France (50 is the French level). The street-offence denominator is an ESTIMATE (residents + 0.4 × tourist beds + 0.2 × second homes): the score inherits that, and we say so rather than choose between an incomplete measure and an approximate one.

How much does property cost in Marignane?

The median flat price in Marignane is 2,417 €/m² (from DVF, France’s official record of actual sale prices). Houses sell for around 3,790 €/m². Indicative figure — not financial or property advice.

Are the schools in Marignane good?

State middle schools (collèges) in Marignane average 9.1/20 in the written brevet exam (French Ministry of Education, brevet : session 2025 pour 99,3 % des collèges notés (IVAC, ministère de l’Éducation)) — a score out of 20, not a pass rate. In France, your child’s state school is assigned by home address (the carte scolaire), so check the exact catchment for a given street.

Nearby towns

Saint-Victoret · Gignac-la-Nerthe · Vitrolles · Châteauneuf-les-Martigues · Le Rove · Ensuès-la-Redonne · Rognac · Berre-l'Étang

A few French terms, explained

Price per m² (DVF)

French property is priced per square metre. DVF is the government’s open dataset of actual recorded sale prices, so these are real transactions, not asking prices.

School catchment (carte scolaire)

State primary and middle schools are assigned by home address, not chosen freely. Your street determines the school. Private schools are not bound by the catchment map.

Property tax (taxe foncière)

An annual local tax paid by property owners. Each town votes a rate, applied to a cadastral value set by the tax office — so a low rate does not mean a small bill. The page shows the estimated average amount per home.

Brevet & bac

The brevet is the exam at the end of middle school (age ~15); the bac is the end-of-high-school exam (age ~18). Pass and distinction rates are common quality proxies.

One scale for all of France

The public quality-of-life score, its A–E grades and the thematic rankings score each measure on its actual value, on one scale for all of France (50 = the France level). Size only sorts the rankings (small towns under 10,000 residents, mid-sized towns up to 50,000, large cities above); prices and rents are still compared size for size.

Icioola ranks French communes by your life — budget, household, commute — each scored on its actual figures, across all of France. Data under France’s Open Licence / ODbL (DVF, SSMSI, Ministry of Education, IGN, ARCEP, DGFiP…), with dated sources shown in the app. No personal data, no account required.