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Over-65s are 33% of the population. The town has 1,072 residents and lies in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Walkability is its strong suit: nearly two thirds of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,107/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Haute-Provence-Pays de Banon. Health is weaker too (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Banon 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.
The 2 things Banon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Banon 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.
Banon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Banon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
18% 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 Banon.
People 65 and over make up 33% of the town, higher than both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 14% of the town. The median resident of Banon is 55 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Banon | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.2% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €23,710 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Banon counts 1 jobs (400 jobs, 400 workers). Also worth knowing: at the census, 16.2% of commuters got to work without a car.
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 244 residents of Banon died, against 175 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% more. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Banon records 94 deaths per 100 expected. There are 3 general practitioners here. 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.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,107/m², comes from 42 sales of houses and apartments in Banon from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for 86% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,217/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Banon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
2025 saw 0 offenses recorded in Banon in the categories behind the grade.
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
Banon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Portail féodal (ancien): Photo: Michel wal · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Banon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banon | 1,072 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Forcalquier | 5,222 | 9 | B | D | B | B |
| Volx | 3,243 | 15 | C | C− | A− | C |
| Villeneuve | 4,360 | 15 | C− | C− | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt Vaucluse | 3,004 | 15 | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Peyruis | 2,798 | 15 | B | C+ | A | C+ |
| Manosque | 22,718 | 16 | C− | C− | D | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Banon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,107/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Banon grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Banon is a commune of 1,072 people in the Communauté de communes Haute-Provence-Pays de Banon. 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 9, 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.