Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are 31% of the population. 1,268 people call this town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur home.
Schools do well (B+): bac results 4 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.2 points above the expected rate. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €3,564/m².
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Cantaron 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 Cantaron 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.
Cantaron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Cantaron does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cantaron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Observatoire d'astronomie du Montgros (également sur commune de La Trinité), in Nice, 3 mi away.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Cantaron is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cantaron.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 85% were houses. Sales in Cantaron from July 2023 to June 2026: 33 houses and apartments.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 32% of adults. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Cantaron | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Cantaron is 97.0%, higher than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (93.2%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège La BourgadeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 79%−4 pts |
| Lycée René GoscinnyNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 248 | 97%+4 pts |
| Collège Maurice JaubertBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 149 | 74%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 121 residents of Cantaron died, against 128 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. Women in Alpes-Maritimes live to 86.5 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Cantaron is Clinique Saint George, 3.2 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Half of residents lived on more than €29,190 a year per consumption unit, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Cantaron: 300, for 550 residents in work (0.6 each). Bus, tram or train carried 3.2% of working residents in Cantaron to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Cantaron. Best known first.
MuseumAstrorama4.3 km southeast, in La TrinitéChâteauChâteauChâteau de Tourette-Levens3.9 km northwest, in Tourrette-LevensFortFortOppidum du Castellar4.9 km southeast, in ÈzeMuseumMuseumChâteau-Musée d'Histoire naturelle3.9 km northwest, in Tourrette-LevensFortFortFort de la Drête3.6 km southeast, in La TrinitéPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cantaron yet.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cantaron is a commune of 1,268 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays des Paillons. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantaron | 1,268 | — | — | D | — | C |
| Drap | 5,484 | 0.7 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| La Trinité | 10,602 | 1.9 | C− | D | C− | B− |
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche | 5,896 | 2.3 | B | D− | A− | B+ |
| Contes | 7,897 | 2.8 | B | D | B+ | C |
| Tourrette-Levens | 4,624 | 2.9 | — | D− | — | B− |
| Beaulieu-sur-Mer | 3,874 | 4.3 | B+ | D− | C+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cantaron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.2 recorded violent incidents and 8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cantaron grades D for cost of living.
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 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.