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Over-65s are 30% of the population. 1,506 people call this town in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur home.
The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 11% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,408/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Jabron-Lure-Vançon-Durance. It lags on jobs & income as well (C) — 1.1 jobs per working resident; 12.7% 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. Peipin 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 Peipin 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.
Peipin has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Peipin does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Peipin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin (ruines), in Volonne, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Peipin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Peipin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
365 deaths in Peipin between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 223: 63% above. In Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, women can expect to live 85.8 years and men 79.7 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Peipin is Chi des Alpes du Sud site de Sisteron, 3.9 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
12.7% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €24,490 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 2.3% of working residents in Peipin at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 8%, lower than both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 23% of adults. The median resident of Peipin is 50.8 years old.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
| Peipin | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 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.
The median price, €2,408/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Peipin from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.43/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 39 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,435/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Peipin. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Peipin yet.
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Peipin is a commune of 1,506 people in the Communauté de communes Jabron-Lure-Vançon-Durance. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peipin | 1,506 | — | — | C | — | D− |
| Sisteron | 7,850 | 4 | C+ | B | C | B |
| Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban | 5,107 | 4.4 | C | B− | C+ | B− |
| Peyruis | 2,798 | 7.3 | B | C+ | A | C+ |
| Les Mées | 4,099 | 7.7 | B− | B− | A | C |
| Digne-les-Bains | 17,979 | 14 | C+ | C | C− | B |
| Laragne-Montéglin Hautes-Alpes | 3,549 | 14 | C− | B+ | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Peipin has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,408/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.34/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Peipin grades C for cost of living.
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.