Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 740 people live in this town, in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
There are no grades for Bonson: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 14% of its housing.
The one thing Bonson does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bonson as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye de la Madone-des-Prés, in Levens, 2.4 mi away.
15% 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 Bonson.
Children under 15 make up 14%, below Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Bonson | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly one in ten commuters travelled at the census. For its 350 residents in work, Bonson has 100 jobs: 0.3 each. Half of residents lived on more than €27,180 a year per consumption unit, close to Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
General-bac pupils go 9.8 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Ludovic BréaNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 124 | 88%−1 pt |
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 made up three quarters of the homes sold; apartments the rest. The market in Bonson: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Bonson. Best known first.
Nothing in Bonson 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 Bonson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonson | 740 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Levens | 5,377 | 2.2 | B+ | D− | A | A− |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var | 3,431 | 2.7 | B | D− | B+ | B+ |
| Carros | 13,803 | 5.5 | C | D− | B− | C |
| Tourrette-Levens | 4,624 | 6.1 | — | D− | — | B− |
| Gattières | 4,358 | 6.7 | B− | D− | B+ | C+ |
| Colomars | 3,409 | 7 | — | D− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Bonson is a commune of 740 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) · 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.