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A town of 601 in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
At under 1,000 residents, Belvédère is too small for the grades other French towns get. 62% of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 31% of residents. The median sale price is €1,888/m².
The 3 things Belvédère does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Belvédère as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Michel-de-Gast, anciennement dite église des Templiers, in Roquebillière, 0.8 mi away.
25% 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 Belvédère.
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults. People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, above both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Belvédère | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Belvédère: 100, for 250 residents in work (0.4 each). Public transport took 3.5% of the town’s working residents to work at the census. Unemployment stood at 9.8%, higher than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (9.2%) and near compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.6 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la Vésubie-Jean SalinesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 68 | 84%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses in Belvédère sell for €2,789/m² and apartments for €1,507/m². Sales in the town from July 2023 to June 2026: 70 houses and apartments. The sales split: 46% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,789/m² | 32 |
| Apartments | €1,507/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 Belvédère. Best known first.
Nothing in Belvédère is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Belvédère yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvédère | 601 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sospel | 3,791 | 11 | C | C− | A | C− |
| Levens | 5,377 | 12 | B+ | D− | A | A− |
| L'Escarène | 2,585 | 13 | — | C | — | B− |
| Contes | 7,897 | 14 | B | D | B+ | C |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 3,431 | 15 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Tourrette-Levens | 4,624 | 16 | — | D− | — | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Belvédère is a commune of 601 people in the Métropole Nice Côte 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
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.