Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has a population of 4,482.
Health is its strong suit — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 70% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Cap-d'Ail earns a B, better than 61% of compared French towns. That places it #16 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. Walkability is another plus: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 45% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The trade-off is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 22 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Cap-d'Ail does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cap-d'Ail 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Cap-d'Ail as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines du Trophée d'Auguste, actuellement Musée du Trophée d'Auguste, in La Turbie, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cap-d'Ail.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Alpes-Maritimes can expect 86.5 years and a boy 81.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 159 residents of Cap-d'Ail died, against 536 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 70% fewer. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €31.48/m² a month, above both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€18.66/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 237 homes were sold in Cap-d'Ail. Estimated advertised rent for houses: €19.11/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Apartments | €7,912/m² | 208 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €30,450 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 7.7%. At the census, 6.5% of working residents in Cap-d'Ail didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie figures for Cap-d'Ail show 114 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 5.3 violent offenses and 18.6 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Cap-d'Ail (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, armed robbery 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, 4.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
15% are under 15, near Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 22% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Cap-d'Ail | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Cap-d'Ail. Best known first.
MuseumAstrorama4.2 km northwest, in La TrinitéAttractionAttractionJardin exotique d'Èze3.6 km west, in ÈzeFortFortCamp ligure du Mont des Mules2.7 km northeast, in BeausoleilFortFortOppidum du Castellar4.5 km west, in ÈzeAttractionAttractionParfumerie Fragonard3.4 km west, in ÈzePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Cap-d'Ail is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Cap-d'Ail.
André-Jacques Marie: L'Athlétisme, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-d'Ail | 4,482 | — | B | D− | C+ | A+ |
| La Turbie | 3,045 | 1.4 | A− | D− | B+ | A+ |
| Beausoleil | 11,936 | 1.5 | C+ | D− | C+ | A+ |
| Beaulieu-sur-Mer | 3,874 | 4 | B+ | D− | C+ | A |
| Roquebrune-Cap-Martin | 12,037 | 4.3 | C− | D− | C− | A |
| La Trinité | 10,602 | 4.5 | C− | D | C− | B− |
| Drap | 5,484 | 4.6 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #30 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 14 burglaries and 57 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cap-d'Ail grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cap-d'Ail is a commune of 4,482 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 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.
