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1,112 people live in this town in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 28% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,051/m² takes 6.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Sisteronais-Buëch. Most journeys need a car (D): 27% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 11.9% unemployment.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Mison 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 one thing Mison does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mison 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.
Mison has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Mison as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont médiéval sur la Meouge, in Val Buëch-Méouge, 4 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mison.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 5.2% of commuters travelled at the census. Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, higher than both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,140 a year.
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.
In Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.8 years for women and 79.7 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 76 residents of Mison died, against 106 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Mison is Chi des Alpes du Sud site de Sisteron, 5.9 mi away.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, about level with Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 25% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Mison | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Estimated advertised rent for houses: €10.22/m² a month. Sales in Mison from July 2023 to June 2026: 33 houses and apartments. Among the homes sold, 85% were houses.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Mison is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Mison as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mison | 1,112 | — | — | C | — | A |
| Laragne-Montéglin Hautes-Alpes | 3,549 | 4.4 | C− | B+ | D | C |
| Sisteron | 7,850 | 5.8 | C+ | B | C | B |
| Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban | 5,107 | 14 | C | B− | C+ | B− |
| Peyruis | 2,798 | 16 | B | C+ | A | C+ |
| Les Mées | 4,099 | 17 | B− | B− | A | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Mison has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.33/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mison grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Mison is a commune of 1,112 people in the Communauté de communes du Sisteronais-Buëch. 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.