Pierrevert’s strongest subject is safety — an average of 1.9 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. The catch is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. All told, that adds up to a B overall, better than 64% of compared French towns. That places it #1 of 15 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Pierrevert 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.
Porte de l'enceinte (ancienne): Photo: Rainbow0413 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château Sainte-Marguerite: Photo: Christian Pinatel de Salvator · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pierrevert.
Safety
For crime per resident, Pierrevert sits below 99% of compared French towns
1.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
No compared town in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence has less graded crime per resident than Pierrevert: it ranks first of 15. Police and gendarmerie figures for Pierrevert show 27 offenses in 2025. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Burglary6
Family violence5
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
Theft without violence11
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.
1.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
18.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 18.6% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C−
Buying in Pierrevert costs more than in both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns and compared French towns: the median sale is €2,957/m²
€2,957/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The sales split: 92% houses, the rest apartments. A house rents for an estimated €12.93/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €12.77/m² a month, higher than Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (€11.77/m²) and near compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pierrevert€2,957/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median€2,550/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,117/m²
117
€12.77/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.08 to €17.96/m² a month)
8.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Durance-Lubéron-Verdon Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Fewer deaths than Pierrevert’s ages would predict, 81 per 100 expected, under Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns and compared French towns
−19%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 339 residents of Pierrevert died, against 420 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% fewer. At birth, a girl in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence can expect 85.8 years and a boy 79.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. Also worth knowing: this Alpes-de-Haute-Provence town has 3 family doctors.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw81
Adjusted81
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Pierrevert · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Manosque Louis Raffalli
3.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Manosque Louis Raffalli
85.8 · 79.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Pierrevert is better off than Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,280 a year per consumption unit
6%walk, cycle or take transit
8.3% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.7% of commuters at the census. Pierrevert has 500 jobs for 1,600 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
500
jobs based in Pierrevert, 0.3 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,280
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 32% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Pierrevert is a graduates’ town: 45% hold a degree, more than in both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns and compared French towns
49.6median age
27% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (27%) and above compared French towns (22%). Pierrevert has a median age of 49.6. Children are 17% of the town.
PierrevertAlpes-de-Haute-Provence medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education45%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 3.7 points below the expected rate
96%passed the bac (general and technological)C+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 85% passed the bac pro, of 155 candidates at 2 lycées. For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away. Ranked by results, schools here are #4 of 11 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Pierrevert is a commune of 3,945 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Durance-Lubéron-Verdon Agglomération. 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
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pierrevert
Is Pierrevert safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 15 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Pierrevert good?
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #4 of 11 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The lycée stands out: 96% of 324 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Félix Esclangon in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Pierrevert expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pierrevert grades C− for cost of living.
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.
