Riez’s schools beat most: brevet results 11 points above the expected rate. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A−): 75% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Crime runs high: an average of 11.5 recorded violent incidents and 21 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,791/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Durance-Lubéron-Verdon Agglomération.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Riez 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 Riez 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.
Vestiges antiques correspondant à trois états d'occupation: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Quatre colonnes antiques surmontées d'un entablement: Photo: maarjaara · CC BY 2.0 · Baptistère dit le Panthéon (chapelle circulaire): Photo: EmDee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portes (deux anciennes) : Porte d'Ayguières et Porte Saint-Sébastien: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Riez.
Schools
Brevet results near Riez run high: 92.0% passed, above Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns and compared French towns
92.0%passed the brevetA+School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 14.4 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 10% of Riez, fewer than in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns and across compared French towns
57.4median age
37% of residents are 65 or over. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.2% of residents, below both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Riez has a median age of 57.4.
RiezAlpes-de-Haute-Provence medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 87 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
Safety
Crime per resident in Riez runs higher than in 86% of compared French towns
11.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
In 2025, 29 offenses were recorded in Riez. The town has 700 jobs for 500 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage22
Other physical violence7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence19
Fraud19
Drug use17
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.
11.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
10.6%
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 · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 10.6% 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. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Riez are out of work than in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns or across compared French towns: 18.9%
21%walk, cycle or take transit
Households’ median disposable income: €22,330 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot17%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
700
jobs based in Riez, 1.4 per working resident
18.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 84% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Riez run higher than in 78% of compared French towns
−0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Riez has 6 family doctors. Adjusted for age and care homes, Riez records 100 deaths per 100 expected, above Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88) alike. 342 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 280: 22% above. The nearest emergency department to Riez is Centre hospitalier de Manosque Louis Raffalli, 14.3 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Riez · 6.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Manosque Louis Raffalli
13.8 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
More protected monuments for its size in Riez than in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence or compared French towns: 68 per 10,000 residents
11historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to Antiquity. Among the classé monuments in Riez is Vestiges antiques correspondant à trois états d'occupation. This Alpes-de-Haute-Provence town has 11 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 9 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Homes from before 1919 make up 17% of the total, above Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living B−
Riez gets a B− for cost of living
€1,791/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
84 sales of houses and apartments in Riez, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €1,791/m². For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.74/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 71% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Riez€1,791/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median€2,550/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,951/m²
60
€11.56/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.47 to €14.10/m² a month)
5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,890
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Durance-Lubéron-Verdon Agglomération
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Riez is a commune of 1,610 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 Riez
Are schools in Riez good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Riez expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,791/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.56/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Riez grades B− 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.
