Living in La Villette, Marseille
La Villette is an area of Marseille with about 9,838 residents. Its CityPulse standard score is 37 out of 100 (poor): better than 5% of Marseille residents, ranked 104 of 108 areas.
Strengths
- Services on foot: food shop 2 min walk, pharmacy 4 min walk, doctor 4 min walk
- Public transport frequency: 90 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am from nearby stops
- Playgrounds on foot: playground 4 min walk
- Protected cycle lanes: protected cycle lane 2 min walk
Weaknesses
- Tree canopy: 4.1% tree canopy within 500 m
Who La Villette suits
| Profile | Score | Rank in the city |
|---|---|---|
| Student | 68 · good | 59 of 108 |
| Family | 52 · fair | 73 of 108 |
| Over 65 | 51 · fair | 104 of 108 |
| Working from home | 24 · poor | 101 of 108 |
| Commuter | 67 · good | 24 of 108 |
Services on foot
Walking-network distance for the area's typical resident (median).
| Service | Typical distance | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Food shop | 169 m | 2 min walk |
| Pharmacy | 289 m | 4 min walk |
| Doctor | 286 m | 4 min walk |
| Nursery school | 109 m | 1 min walk |
| Primary school | 234 m | 3 min walk |
| Bus, tram or water bus stop | 139 m | 2 min walk |
| Metro or train station | 289 m | 4 min walk |
| Public green space | 611 m | 8 min walk |
| Large park (≥ 10 ha) | 2,090 m | 26 min walk |
| Playground | 317 m | 4 min walk |
| Protected cycle lane | 134 m | 2 min walk |
Greenery, air and transport
- 4.1% tree canopy within 500 m (city median: 11.6%)
- 9.4 µg/m³ of PM2.5, 2024 annual mean
- 90 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am (city median: 25)
- High density
Streets and squares in La Villette
Allée Philippe Séguin · Avenue roger salengro · Boulevard Louis de Grasse · Boulevard de dunkerque · Boulevard de paris · Boulevard fonscolombe · Boulevard jacques saade quai d'arenc · Boulevard mirabeau · Impasse caravelle · Impasse de ruffi · Impasse des tamarins · Impasse junot · Place Alice Cohen-Salmon · Quai d'Arenc - Boulevard Jacques Saadé · Rue Pontevès · Rue andre chamson · Rue caravelle · Rue cazemajou · Rue d'anthoine · Rue de chanterac · Rue de gerin-ricard · Rue de la chapelle · Rue de ponteves · Rue de ruffi · Rue de versailles · Rue des Frères Brunon · Rue des lavandieres · Rue desiree clary · Rue du chevalier paul · Rue edouard rastoin · Rue fernand blanc · Rue jean-gaspard vence · Rue joseph billioud · Rue lanthier · Rue melchior guinot · Rue mires · Rue nouvelle · Rue peyssonnel · Rue pierre albrand · Rue pierre guiral · Rue saint cassien · Rue urbain v · Traverse du bachas · Traverse du moulin de la villette
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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-04. Method and sources