Fewer journeys need a car: nearly nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 30% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 15% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on jobs & income — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 8.9% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Annot has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Annot 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 Annot.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Annot run above what its ages would predict: 115 per 100 expected, more than in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Annot can choose among 4 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Annot is Centre hospitalier de Digne les Bains, 25.6 mi away. 121 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 105: 15% above. Life expectancy at birth in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is 85.8 years for women and 79.7 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+15%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted115
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Annot · 8.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
25.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Digne les Bains
25.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Digne les Bains
85.8 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Annot gets to work on foot, by bike and by public transport more than in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns and across compared French towns: 29.7% of commuters
Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €22,570 a year per consumption unit. Bus, tram or train carried 2.6% of working residents in Annot to work at the census.
30%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving64%
On foot24%
Bicycle4%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
450
jobs based in Annot, 1.2 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Annot has fewer young adults than Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns or compared French towns: 7.6% are 15 to 24
Those 65 and older account for 31% of residents. Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, lower than both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (30%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15.
52.1median age
AnnotAlpes-de-Haute-Provence medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
A home in Annot sells for €1,873/m², less than in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €11.30/m² a month, close to Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (€11.77/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 45% of sales, apartments for the rest. 44 houses and apartments changed hands in Annot from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,873/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Annot€1,873/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median€2,550/m²
€11.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.90 to €14.35/m² a month)
5.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.64/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,970
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Alpes-Provence-Verdon - Sources de Lumière
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Annot: 28% were built before 1919, more than in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Annot is Croix couverte. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Protection here reaches back to the 10th century.
Annot has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Annot expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Annot grades C+ for cost of living.
About Annot
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Annot is a commune of 1,009 people in the Communauté de communes Alpes-Provence-Verdon - Sources de Lumière. 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
Population
1,009 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Alpes-Provence-Verdon - Sources de Lumière
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.
