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AuvareAlpes-Maritimes

The town has 52 residents and lies in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Is Auvare a good place to live?

With fewer than 1,000 residents, Auvare falls below the line for grades. Holiday and other second homes account for nearly half of homes.

What makes Auvare stand out

The one thing Auvare does most differently from other towns.

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Auvare’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Auvare’s story

No historic monuments in Auvare

The Culture ministry lists no building in Auvare as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, actuellement église paroissiale, in Entrevaux, 4.8 mi away.

18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Auvare is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auvare.

Who lives here

Few people in Auvare are 15 to 24: 4%, fewer than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns

48median age

The median resident of Auvare is 48 years old. Graduates make up a third of adults. Children under 15 make up 16%, close to Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%).

AuvareAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat26%
Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Auvare
AuvareAlpes-Maritimes medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–244%9.1%11%
25–4428%22%23%
45–6428%28%26%
65+24%24%22%
No diploma9.5%17%19%
CAP or BEP29%21%26%
Baccalauréat26%20%18%
Higher education33%36%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Auvare, 4.2%, runs below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns

13%walk, cycle or take transit

Public transport took 8.3% of Auvare’s working residents to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving75%
Public transport8%
Motorbike or scooter8%
Bicycle4%
On foot0%
0
jobs based in Auvare, 0.2 per working resident
4.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

81.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

81.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 14.7 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.6 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Auvare81.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Auguste BlanquiNearest collègeCollègeCollège7881%±0 pts
81.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
1.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Auvare costs less than in both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.75/m² a month

€11.75/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Auvare: 1 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Auvare€11.75/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Alpes-Maritimes median€18.66/m²
€11.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.59 to €14.40/m² a month)
€9.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Auvare

13pages on Auvare
Nearby attractions

Écomusée du pays de la Roudoule and 2 more in and around Auvare

Museums and other places to visit in and near Auvare. Best known first.

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Famous people from Auvare

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Auvare yet.

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About Auvare

Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Auvare is a commune of 52 people in the Communauté de communes Alpes d'Azur. 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

Population
52 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Alpes d'Azur
Département
Alpes-Maritimes (06)
Région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Area
6.9 sq mi (18 km²)
INSEE code
06008

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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 4, 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.